The afterlife of the antipassive: Alignment shift and transitivity
The afterlife of the antipassive: Alignment shift and transitivity
Author(s): Bernard ComrieSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Morphology, Syntax
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, Osijek
Keywords: antipassive; alignment; alignment shift; Tsez; Chukchi; Mayan languages;
Summary/Abstract: Three examples are presented of reanalyses of antipassives as or in the direction of ordinary transitive constructions, from Tsez, Chukchi, and Mayan languages. In all cases, an antipassive construction remains in the language or language family concerned, thus presenting empirical evidence of reanalysis to parallel earlier hypothesized reconstructions of antipassives to explain synchronic idiosyncrasies
Journal: Jezikoslovlje
- Issue Year: XXII/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 251-268
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English