Collana | Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
Volume | Materials and Methods of Analysis for the Study of the Ainu Language
Capitolo | 15 • Applicatives

15 • Applicatives

Abstract

Applicatives are a valency-changing strategy present in many languages. In an applicative construction what would be normally expressed with an oblique is promoted to be an argument of the verb (Payne 2006, 264-5). As such applicatives usually function as a referent-focusing strategy at discourse level, because they bring into focus an otherwise peripherical element. An applicative construction is most commonly formally signalled via dedicated morphosyntax on the verb.


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Pubblicato 04 Settembre 2024 | Lingua: en


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