Getting the -ik
An anticausative structure in Kirundi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21778749 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chase Boles (McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1718-3510 • E-ISSN: 1718-3510 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Libraries - UOTL (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33137/twpl.v46i1.39250 |
| OpenAlex | W4390055266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper discusses the morpheme -ik in the Bantu language Kirundi (JD62). Dom et al. (2018) put forth a Proto-Bantu 'neuter middle marker' following Kemmer's (1993) 'middle domain', from which a Kirundi -ik can clearly be derived. They find that derivations of this marker occur in anticausative, agentless passive, and passive constructions in various Bantu languages. This paper demonstrates that Kirundi -ik is an anticausative marker, distinct in use and meaning from the true passive (marked with -u). This follows from tests in Alexiadou et al. (2006) and Gluckman and Bowler (2016). After determining its anticausative nature, I will discuss -ik's syntactic properties. Using the layering approach of change-of-state verbs as posited by Alexiadou et al. (2006) and Kratzer (2005), I will argue that -ik is an overt realization of Voice, providing evidence for a null semantic Voice in the crosslinguistic account of anticausatives theorized in Alexiadou et al. (2015)
Bantu languages · Linguistics · Morpheme · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |