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What does the causative do in Andi?| title | What does the causative do in Andi? |
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| start_date | 2024/11/25 |
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| schedule | 14h-16h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | salle 124 & zoom |
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| summary | Andi is a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken by approximately 20,000 speakers living in or resettled from 9 villages of the Botlikh district of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia (Aglarov 2002: 3). At first glance, this ergative language exhibits just three primary valency classes: intransitive, affective, and labile. The causative derivation—Andi’s sole overt valency-altering process—introduces an A-argument to verbs of any valency. This presentation explores the theoretical and grammatical significance of this derivation in greater depth. On the one hand, causativization in Andi reveals a broader range of semantico-syntactic classes, encompassing not only transitive verbs, but also unergative and inaccusative ones. On the other hand, a closer examination of the various outcomes of causativization indicates that the causative does not target uniformly all verb classes, with certain classes appearing to be preferred over others. |
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| responsibles | Cabredo Hofherr |
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| submitted | published | | 2024/11/26 10:42 UTC |
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