03533nam 2200661 a 450 991013964540332120250218224757.097866131749569781283174954128317495297890272871689027287163(CKB)2550000000040337(SSID)ssj0000523373(PQKBManifestationID)12212618(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523373(PQKBWorkID)10539996(PQKB)10113909(MiAaPQ)EBC730302(Au-PeEL)EBL730302(CaPaEBR)ebr10481805(CaONFJC)MIL317495(OCoLC)741492695(DE-B1597)721051(DE-B1597)9789027287168(EXLCZ)99255000000004033720110106d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrImpersonal constructions a cross-linguistic perspective /edited by Andrej Malchukov, Anna Siewierska1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co.2011ix, 641 p. ill., mapsStudies in language companion series,0165-7763 ;v. 124Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9789027205919 9027205914 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.pt. 1. Impersonal constructions : typological and theoretical aspects -- pt. 2. Impersonal constructions : diachronic studies -- pt. 3. Cross-linguistic variation in impersonal constructions : case studies.In the four Pama-Nyungan languages Umpithamu, Morrobolam, Mbarrumbathama and Rimanggudinhma there is a core set of impersonals centred around experiencer object constructions. They describe involuntary physical processes, and are formally characterized by lack of nominative pronominal cross-reference, and optional absence of ergative agent nominals. In addition, systematic lack of nominative cross-reference is found in constructions with inanimate agents in all four languages, and in experienced action constructions in Umpithamu, in both cases with ergatively-marked nominals. It is argued that nominative cross-reference is the basic criterion for subject status, with ergative marking merely indicating agent status. Given the lack of any specific valency-changing morphology, impersonals with ergatively-marked nominals are functional equivalents of a voice mechanism, with agents demoted from subject status. This process has developed furthest in Umpithamu where the experienced action construction is systematically available as an alternative construal for a subset of transitive clauses. Keywords: impersonal; experiencer object; inanimate agent; passive; Umpithamu; Lamalamic.Studies in language companion series ;v. 124.Grammar, Comparative and generalSubjectless constructionsGrammar, Comparative and generalWord orderGrammar, Comparative and generalSubjectless constructions.Grammar, Comparative and generalWord order.415/.6Malʹchukov A. L(Andreĭ Lʹvovich)879092Siewierska Anna1955-2011158483MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910139645403321Impersonal constructions2109581UNINA