Same source, same target, different paths: from 'person' to reflexive in Umpithamu and other Paman languages KU Leuven
This study analyses a case of parallel grammaticalization in five genetically related languages, with a lexical source meaning 'person' developing to a grammatical function of reflexive marking. Although not typologically unusual, this case is special because, in spite of the overall parallelism, the resulting reflexive markers are located in different parts of the system, either as free or clitic elements associated with a lexical object ...