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Completives as markers of non-volitionality
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Stefanie Fauconnier
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April 11, 2013
This article discusses a cross-linguistic phenomenon where a completive marker is used to express non-volitionality. I propose a semantic account for this phenomenon, based on the idea that completive markers can be used to emphasize the completion of an action as unexpected and unanticipated. This phenomenon is relevant from a broader typological perspective because it reveals that it is not possible to provide a unified analysis of non-volitional constructions in terms of reduced transitivity. Instead, I propose an analysis where different types of nonvolitional constructions are characterized by a shift in emphasis from the starting point of the action towards its endpoint.
Published Online: 2013-04-11
Published in Print: 2013-04
© 2013 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.
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Keywords for this article
typology;
non-volitionality;
unexpectedness transitivity;
completive aspect
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