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Re: not un-/anti-passive

From:Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...>
Date:Thursday, June 19, 2008, 17:51
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:20:12 +0300, JR <fuscian@...> wrote:

>On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Jeffrey Jones <jsjonesmiami@...> >wrote: > >> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:30:03 +0300, JR <fuscian@...> wrote: >> No, it adds a new argument, although the role of the dative may be >> implicit. >>[snip] >> >> Note: ABS = patientive, ERG = agentive >> >> (1) Ho-paldu-bwe. >> ???-rain.PRS.IND-1NPD >> "It's raining on us." >> Technically, paldax is impersonal, but there can still be a patientive >> argument. >> (2) Hi korilo su-bwe ho-naus-in. >> DEF-INA.S.ABS hazel.S.ABS COP.PRS.IND-1NPD ???-shade-VN >> "The hazel shades us." >> (The COP copula + VN verbal noun construction = habitual aspect.) >> (3) T-a-m matse t-i ho-jad-en-ti xiskw-e. >> 3-ANI.S-GEN mother.S.DAT 3-INA.S.ABS ???-seem-FUT.IND-3SD terrible- >> SPO >> "It will seem terrible to her mother." >> (4) Ho-laun-os-t-ki gaut-a daxme tep nu. >> ???-beautiful-CMP-VRB-1SD NUL-ANI.S.ABS woman.S.ABS than 2S.ABS >> "There's no woman more beautiful to me than you." >> (5) T-i juku ho-laip-ti-twe. >> 3-INA.S.ABS very ???-easy-VRB-3PD >> "It's very easy for them." >> (6) Johanna-i ho-bof-ti lo Tomas-a disp-ax-ta. >> Joan-DAT ???-modal.PRS.IND-3SD CPL Tom-ERG dance-SUB-3SE >> "Joan thinks Tom should dance." > > > >So far it looks like a circumstantial voice, like that of Malagasy ... >though differing in the specifics. Can you give the "normal" versions of a >few of these sentences, though, without using the construction in question? >Say, numbers 1, 2, and 6. And what's the meaning of the modal in 6? > >Josh
Jeffrey; what's an online reference to the "unpassive"? If there isn't one online, can you tell us a bit about who uses it, and for what? and a hint about how to find the reference? Josh; I'd never heard of the "circumstantial voice" before! Does it resemble any applicative "voices"? How is it different? Is there an online reference to how Malagasay uses it?

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