Carol Genetti
List of John Benjamins publications for which Carol Genetti plays a role.
Book series
ISSN 0167-7373
2019 Grammatical relations in Kubeo Argument Selectors: A new perspective on grammatical relations, Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena and Balthasar Bickel (eds.), pp. 1–34 | Chapter
This paper describes a number of argument selectors for grammatical relations in Kubeo, an Eastern Tukanoan language spoken in the Vaupes River area in Northwestern Amazonia. The main selectors discussed in this paper are: verbal agreement, case marking, constituent ordering, causative,… read more
2013 Tense-aspect morphology from nominalizers in Newar Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation: In honor of Scott DeLancey, Thornes, Tim, Erik Andvik, Gwendolyn Hyslop and Joana Jansen (eds.), pp. 195–220 | Article
This paper examines the historical status of tense-aspect suffixes in the Kathmandu Valley and Eastern branches of Newar. By comparing across branches and triangulating with Classical Newar, the paper demonstrates that the innovative past anterior and present tense markers in Eastern Newar were… read more
2013 Training as empowering social action: An ethical response to language endangerment Responses to Language Endangerment: In honor of Mickey Noonan, Mihas, Elena, Bernard Perley, Gabriel Rei-Doval and Kathleen Wheatley (eds.), pp. 59–78 | Article
A recent response to language endangerment has been the rise of training programs in language documentation and conservation. Here we consider the position of training activities within the sociology of language documentation and conservation (LDC) work, specifically focusing on paradigms of… read more
2011 Nominalization in Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area: A typological perspective Nominalization in Asian Languages: Diachronic and typological perspectives, Yap, Foong Ha, Karen Grunow-Hårsta and Janick Wrona (eds.), pp. 163–194 | Article
Tibeto-Burman languages exhibit an interesting composite of behavior in nominalized structures. In particular, these languages make extensive use of clausal nominalization (found in attributive phrases, complementation, relative clauses, and independent utterances), as well as derivational… read more
2005 The participial construction of Dolakhā Newar: Syntactic implications of an Asian converb Studies in Language 29:1, pp. 35–87 | Article
The terms “(clause) chaining” and “converbal constructions” are used for the classification of similar types of clause linkage. Chaining is generally used for constructions which do not entail subordination, while converbs are defined as subordinate. In Dolakhā Newar adverbial and “participial”… read more
2003 Beyond Preferred Argument Structure: Sentences, pronouns, and given referents in Nepali Preferred Argument Structure: Grammar as architecture for function, Du Bois, John W., Lorraine E. Kumpf and William J. Ashby (eds.), pp. 197–223 | Article
1997 Object Relations and Dative Case in Dolakha Newari Studies in Language 21:1, pp. 37–68 | Article
In Dolakha Newari, the dative case marks recipients of ditransitive verbs and some patients of monotransitive verbs. Quantative studies show that animacy and activation cost are both relevant in determining the distribution of dative case. Two theories on the syntactic status of objects in systems… read more
1992 Semantic and Grammatical Categories of Relative Clause Morphology in the Languages of Nepal Studies in Language 16:2, pp. 405–427 | Article
1991 From postposition to subordinator in Newari Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume II. Types of grammatical markers, Traugott, Elizabeth Closs and Bernd Heine (eds.), pp. 227–256 | Article
1988 A syntactic correlate of topicality in Newari narrative Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse, Haiman, John and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. 29–48 | Article