Chapter 12
The antipassive and its relationship to person markers
This paper presents a cross-linguistic study of
morphological overlaps between antipassive and person markers and
their historical relationships, addressing the question of how
frequent developments from antipassive to person marker or vice
versa are and whether there are recurrent patterns of change. The
results show that historical connections between antipassive and
person markers are not confined to a specific macro-area or language
family. The development from antipassive to first person plural
patient marker is the most frequent pathway in the languages
investigated. However, this diachronic pathway does not account for
all cases, i.e. other pathways are also possible. While many
uncertainties concerning the detailed history of such diachronic
connections remain, this study shows that there are tendencies that
contribute to the understanding of the history and subsequent
development of antipassives.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.On the diachrony of antipassives
- a.Agent nominalizations
- b.Action/result nominalization
- c.Reflexives and/or reciprocals
- d.Generic nouns
- 3.Collection and analysis of the data
- 4.Antipassives and person markers across macro-areas
- 4.1Africa
- 4.2Eurasia
- 4.3North America
- 4.4South America
- 4.5Pacific
- 4.6Australia
- 5.Pathways
- 6.Conclusion
-
Acknowledgements
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Notes
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Glosses
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Abbreviations
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References
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