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ERIC ED419410: Unitariness and Partial Identification in the Bella ... |
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The Bella Coola suffix "-m" has been analyzed in the |
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literature as two or even three separate morphemes, based |
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on the variable effects it has on the transitivity of its |
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base. The segment is argued for here as a single morpheme |
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with a unified meaning, specifically as a marker of a |
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special case of one definition of the middle voice, |
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referred to as the "non-unitariness" of event- |
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participants. The cross-linguistically unusual |
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"transitivizing" uses of "-m" are shown to fall out from |
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the presence of a second, individual entity in a |
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semantically typical middle clause, independent of the |
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application of the middle-marker itself. Contains 17 |
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references. (Author/MSE) |
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Date Published: 2015-12-26 01:00:53 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED419410 |
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Item Size: 29091352 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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