Abstract : Amis (Austronesian, Taiwan) displays a rich, partly symmetrical voice system and a split case-marking pattern which are selected and restricted by (i) verb classes whose basic diathesis correlates with semantic properties such as activities vs. states, and (ii) by Aktionsart features (i.e., atelic activities vs. telic accomplishment and achievements), which also denote degrees of patient affectedness. Referential features such as patient definiteness, and semantic features such as agent's animacy and intentionality also bear on voice selection. This voice system offers alternate ways of encoding arguments within a bipartite case-marking pattern; it also promotes peripheral, non-core arguments to subject function via applicative voice constructions.
https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03483275 Contributeur : Isabelle BrilConnectez-vous pour contacter le contributeur Soumis le : jeudi 16 décembre 2021 - 13:57:57 Dernière modification le : jeudi 7 avril 2022 - 13:58:21 Archivage à long terme le : : jeudi 17 mars 2022 - 19:07:44
Isabelle Bril. LEXICAL RESTRICTIONS ON GRAMMATICAL RELATIONS IN VOICE CONSTRUCTIONS (NORTHERN AMIS). STUF - Language Typology and Universals , De Gruyter, In press. ⟨halshs-03483275⟩