The Medio-Active Construction in Nyulnyulan Languages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9307791 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William B Mcgregor (0000-0002-1803-1943, Max-Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 531-567 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0378-4177 • E-ISSN: 1569-9978 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/sl.23.3.04mcg |
| OpenAlex | W2021083259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Most Nyulnyulan languages (non-Pama-Nyungan, Western Australia), show an unusual clause type, the medio-active, with the case-frame of a transitive clause, but the verbal agreement of an intransitive clause; there is no formal registration in the verb. This paper provides a detailed description of the structural and semantic properties of this clause type in each language that exhibits it, identifying shared features and differences. Evidence is presented that it represents a distinct construction, of intermediate transitivity, and a grammatical analysis is proposed in terms of roles. The medio-active shows, however, few characteristics prototypical of the passive, and is not a voice option
Dependent clause · Frame (networking · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Non-finite clause · Sentence · Transitive relation · Type (biology · Verb · Artificial Intelligence · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |