Animacy in Blackfoot

Elizabeth Ritter; Sara Thomas Rosen

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199544325.003.0007

Animacy in Blackfoot

Elizabeth Ritter, Sara Thomas Rosen

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Abstract

Alternations between 'transitive' and 'intransitive' verbs in Blackfoot signal neither an aspectual shift nor the addition or suppression of internal arguments. Rather, 'transitive' morphology formally licenses DP objects; 'intransitive' morphology allows NP, CP, or no object. The relevant morphology, which constitutes v, also determines animacy and theta-role of the external argument.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lexical Semantics, Syntax, and Event Structure
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191720536
ISBN (Print)	9780199544325
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199544325.003.0007
State	Published - 1 May 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Animacy
Argument structure
Aspect
Blackfoot
Little v

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General Arts and Humanities

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