Nina R. Sumbatova
List of John Benjamins publications for which Nina R. Sumbatova plays a role.
2020 Copulas and information structure in Tanti Dargwa Thetics and Categoricals, Abraham, Werner, Elisabeth Leiss and Yasuhiro Fujinawa (eds.), pp. 105–140 | Chapter
The paper describes the basic types of independent clauses in the Tanti dialect of Dargwa (Nakh-Dagestanian (= East Caucasian), Russian Federation). Most independent clauses in Tanti are headed either by the identificational copula or a finite verb form. Less frequently, we meet sentences headed… read more
2018 Chapter 9. My fieldwork, from Georgia to Guinea Word Hunters: Field linguists on fieldwork, Sarvasy, Hannah and Diana Forker (eds.), pp. 123–137 | Chapter
1999 Evidentiality, transitivity and split ergativity: evidence from Svan Tense-Aspect, Transitivity and Causativity: Essays in honour of Vladimir Nedjalkov, Abraham, Werner and Leonid Kulikov (eds.), pp. 63–96 | Article
1993 Through the looking-glass, and how causatives look there Causatives and Transitivity, Comrie, Bernard and Maria Polinsky (eds.), pp. 327–342 | Article
1993 Causative constructions in Svan: further evidence for role domination Causatives and Transitivity, Comrie, Bernard and Maria Polinsky (eds.), pp. 253–270 | Article