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- Title
Intransitive verbs in Enets: A contribution to the typology of split intransitivity.
- Authors
Khanina, Olesya; Shluinsky, Andrey
- Abstract
This paper contributes to the typology of "active-stative" split intransitivity and middle voice with a detailed case study: it proceeds from a typological comparison of the two phenomena, which are usually treated apart, to an analysis of the Enets data and a discussion of its place in the typology of possible intransitive splits. Enets (Uralic, Samoyedic) has two classes of intransitive verbs, and each class uses its own cross-reference paradigm in all finite forms. The paper provides an account of the morphology of this intransitive split and its connection to the lexical aspect, followed by an overview of semantic composition of the two lexical classes; special attention is given to cases of class variation available for a dozen verbs. The research is based on the data of a fieldworkers' corpus and thus also shows the advantages of a corpus-based approach to this phenomenon.
- Subjects
ENETS language; URALIC languages; SAMOYEDIC languages; VERBS; SEMANTICS; GRAMMAR
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, 2019, Vol 38, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0721-9067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/zfs-2019-0001