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Antipassive Constructions
Language:
Chukchi
Feature:
Antipassive Constructions
by
Maria Polinsky
Value:
Oblique patient
Examples
Sentence igt-2294:
ʔaaček-a kimitʔ-ən ne-nlʔetet-ən
ʔaaček-a
youth-
erg
kimitʔ-ən
load-
abs
ne-nlʔetet-ən
3pl
.SUBJ-carry-AOR.
3sg
.
obj
‘The young men carried away the/a load.’ (trans)
Sentence igt-2295:
ʔaaček-ət ine-nlʔetet-gʔe-t kimitʔ-e
ʔaaček-ət
youth-
abs
ine-nlʔetet-gʔe-t
antip
-carry-AOR.
3sg
.SUBJ-
pl
kimitʔ-e
load-INSTR
‘The young men carried away the/a load.’ (anti)
References
Kozinsky et al. 1988
cite
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