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Velázquez-Castillo, Maura. 2002. Grammatical relations in active systems: The case of Guaraní. Functions of Language 9 (2) : 133–167.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

active | grammar1 | language type | opposition

Language as a subject

Guarani

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

ISBN

0929-998X

Journal DOI

10.1075/fol

Annotation

This paper illuminates the semantic underpinnings of the distinction between active and inactive in the grammatical system of the active-stative Guarani language, and demonstrates that the relevant opposition is that of source-locative rather than that of subject-object.