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Chapter 3. Affective constructions in Tsezic languages

  • Bernard Comrie , Diana Forker and Zaira Khalilova
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Abstract

This article addresses affective (“experiencer”) constructions in the Tsezic languages (Nakh-Daghestanian), which represent the most frequent type of non-canonical subject constructions in these languages. They differ from transitive constructions in a number of ways that go far beyond case marking and affect various domains of grammar (e.g. inflectional morphology, complex clause structures, reflexive and reciprocal binding, etc.). In this paper, we explore morphological, syntactic and semantic features of Tsezic affective constructions from a typological perspective. We investigate variation, stability, and change between the constructions in the various Tsezic languages and try to give explanations for the observed patterns of variation.

Abstract

This article addresses affective (“experiencer”) constructions in the Tsezic languages (Nakh-Daghestanian), which represent the most frequent type of non-canonical subject constructions in these languages. They differ from transitive constructions in a number of ways that go far beyond case marking and affect various domains of grammar (e.g. inflectional morphology, complex clause structures, reflexive and reciprocal binding, etc.). In this paper, we explore morphological, syntactic and semantic features of Tsezic affective constructions from a typological perspective. We investigate variation, stability, and change between the constructions in the various Tsezic languages and try to give explanations for the observed patterns of variation.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Areal/geneological investigations
  5. Chapter 2. Non-nominative and depersonalized subjects in the Balkans 23
  6. Chapter 3. Affective constructions in Tsezic languages 55
  7. Part II. Synchronic investigations
  8. Chapter 4. A macrorole approach to dative subjects 85
  9. Chapter 5. Dative case and oblique subjects 115
  10. Part III. Diachronic investigations
  11. Chapter 6. Word order as a subject test in Old Icelandic 135
  12. Chapter 7. The diachrony of non-canonical subjects in Northwest Semitic 155
  13. Chapter 8. Case marking of predicative possession in Vedic 181
  14. Chapter 9. Accusative sickness? 213
  15. Afterword
  16. Chapter 10. Forty years in the search of a/the subject 241
  17. Chapter 11. What is a subject 257
  18. Language index 275
  19. Subject Index 277
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.200.03com

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Areal/geneological investigations
  5. Chapter 2. Non-nominative and depersonalized subjects in the Balkans 23
  6. Chapter 3. Affective constructions in Tsezic languages 55
  7. Part II. Synchronic investigations
  8. Chapter 4. A macrorole approach to dative subjects 85
  9. Chapter 5. Dative case and oblique subjects 115
  10. Part III. Diachronic investigations
  11. Chapter 6. Word order as a subject test in Old Icelandic 135
  12. Chapter 7. The diachrony of non-canonical subjects in Northwest Semitic 155
  13. Chapter 8. Case marking of predicative possession in Vedic 181
  14. Chapter 9. Accusative sickness? 213
  15. Afterword
  16. Chapter 10. Forty years in the search of a/the subject 241
  17. Chapter 11. What is a subject 257
  18. Language index 275
  19. Subject Index 277
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