@article{456150,
  author                      = {Sakel, Jeanette},
  journal                     = {International Journal of American Linguistics},
  number                      = {4},
  pages                       = {537–557},
  title                       = {Mosetén and Chimane Argument Coding: A Layered System},
  url                         = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/662159},
  volume                      = {77},
  year                        = {2011},
  abstract                    = {This paper discusses the argument-coding system of Mosetenan, a small language family spoken in the Bolivian Amazon. While there is no case marking on nouns, all coding of arguments is found in the cross-reference ending of verbs. Intransitive verbs are marked for the gender of their subjects, except for the first-person plural inclusive, which has a marker, -ja', that does not indicate the gender of the subject. Transitive cross-referencing is more complicated. It is a layered system that combines the grammatical relation of the participant (S, A, or O) with the person (1, 2, 3) and number (singular and plural). Again, the forms of first-person plural inclusive subjects are unique. The second most important forms are third-person objects, which appear before any of the speech-act participants (SAP). I analyze the Mosetenan system, discussing how language contact can shape the general outline of an argument-coding system by the introduction of a new category such as an inclusive/exclusive distinction in the first-person plural.},
  doi                         = {10.1086/662159},
  inlg                        = {English [eng]},
  issn                        = {0020-7071},
  lgcode                      = {Mosetén-Chimané [mose1249]},
  macro_area                  = {South America},
  phoible_inventoryid         = {1986},
  phoible_languagecode        = {cas},
  phoible_languagename        = {Mosetén de Covendo},
  phoible_languagevariantcode = {cas_cov},
  src                         = {haspelmath, phoible}
}