What is a different subject marker?

Definition
	A different subject marker is a marker in the verb morphology of a clause which indicates that the subject of the clause is not the same as the subject of some other clause. The other clause is maybe
	a following clause the final clause in a clause chain, or the main clause in a sentence.

Generic
	A different subject marker is a kind of
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Sources
	Thompson and Longacre 1985 187, 201
	Longacre 1985 264

Context for this page:

Concept module: different subject marker
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): D
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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