Lexical restrictions on grammatical relations in voice constructions (Northern Amis)

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ID21820070
AuthorsIsabelle Bril (0000-0003-4582-9755, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume75
Issue1
Pages21-71
Publication date2022-04-26
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Typology and Universals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1867-8319 • E-ISSN: 2196-7148
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/stuf-2022-1048
OpenAlexW4226460084
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

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 versus states, and (ii) by Aktionsart features (i.e., atelic activities versus 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

Animacy · Cognitive psychology · Definiteness · Diathesis · Grammaticalization · Intentionality · Linguistics · Transitive relation · Verb · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence

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