Extractions in Tsou causative applicatives

Extractions in Tsou causative applicatives

This paper investigates the extraction of an internal argument as the trigger in Tsou applicatives. It is observed that a locative applicative (LA) advances as the trigger an indirect object (IO), not a direct object (DO), whereas a(n) instrumental/benefactive applicative seems to advance either an IO or a DO. In this paper, I argue that the seemingly DO extraction in an IA is actually an IO ex...

Morphological Templates, Headedness, and Applicatives in Barupu

The applicative construction in Barupu (Macro-Skou family from northern New Guinea) performs all the functions expected of an applicative: it is a valencyincreasing construction that adds an object to a verb, similar to the relationship between the intransitive ‘be afraid’ and the transitive ‘fear’ in English. The applicative object behaves the same as the base object of a transitive verb with ...

On the Status of Applicatives in Tsimshianic

This paper examines data which shows how the grammatical causative *kwinin the Tsimshianic languages may be used as a directional applicative. Additional morphology is often associated with *kwin-: there is suggestive evidence that the verbal suffix ‘T’ in Gitksan and Nisgha is the historical remnant of an applicative suffix. This analysis also collapses the two separate lexical entries for gwi...

Adverbial Verbs and Adverbial Compounds in Tsou: A Syntactic Analysis

Complications of Extractions

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