Meaning Resides in Fully Inflected Forms: The Georgian "Unwillingness" Construction
Yüklə 445 b.
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 Meaning Resides in Fully Inflected Forms: The Georgian “Unwillingness” Construction
The construction of interest The construction of interest The construction of interest The puzzle The puzzle The puzzle Goals of this presentation Organization of the presentation   Subject, direct object, indirect object agreement Straightforward agreement “Slot competition” Inferences in slot competition Slot competition in “unwillingness” construction Object camouflage Expected object camouflage with “unwillingness” Expected object camouflage with “unwillingness” “Dark” predicates can occur as ordinary causatives. “Dark” predicates can occur as ordinary causatives. In an ordinary causative, reflexivization can occur. In an ordinary causative, reflexivization can occur. One might expect that the coreference could be expressed as reflexivization, as is possible here. One might expect that the coreference could be expressed as reflexivization, as possible here. A range of arguments can occur  Interim conclusion Interim conclusion:  Morphology of unaccusatives: prefix e- Morphology of unaccusatives: prefix e- Morphology of unaccusatives: suffixes –eb-i Morphology of unaccusatives: suffix -a The “unwillingness” construction seems closest to Other morphology characteristic of unaccusatives Interim summary and conclusion  Core meanings of preverbs: location, direction Additional meaning of preverbs: perfective Additional meaning of preverbs: idiosyncratic Additional meanings       Proposed schema  References Yüklə 445 b. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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