The antipassive in Bantu
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4820132 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Koen Bostoen (0000-0003-2284-6165, Ghent University, corresponding author), Sebastian Dom (0000-0003-2937-261X, Ghent University), Guillaume Segerer (0000-0003-3712-865X, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling-2015-0016 |
| OpenAlex | W2290726471 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 23 |
The antipassive, an object-demoting diathesis commonly associated with ergative languages, has so far largely gone unnoticed in Bantu languages, which are of the accusative type. In this article, comparative evidence is raised to demonstrate that the antipassive is a voice construction to be reckoned with in Bantu. A robust typology of Bantu voice constructions is developed on the basis of the scarce data available in the literature. This evidence is reinterpreted in the light of original data from a number of Bantu languages, such as Cilubà and Kirundi, which were the subject of a more in-depth analysis. It is shown how the antipassive generally developed as a specific reading of the highly polysemous verbal suffix
Bantu languages · Ergative case · Linguistic typology · Linguistics · Object (grammar) · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Transitive relation · Typology · Anthropology · Computer Science · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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Ergativity
| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |