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    Chapter 12 Icelandic valency classes

    oblique subjects, oblique ambitransitives and the actional passive

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    Author(s)
    Barðdal, Jóhanna
    Contributor(s)
    Malchukov, Andrej (editor)
    Comrie, Bernard (editor)
    Collection
    European Research Council (ERC)
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    The present chapter gives an overview of valency classes in Icelandic and the most common, noticeable, or productive alternations found in the language. The over-view is based on my own native-speaker knowledge of the language, on my earlier research and on the existing literature on Icelandic. Most of the examples are at-tested, taken from real texts found online, supplemented with some constructed examples. The chapter is structured as follows: Section 2 presents the basics of Icelandic by placing it into its genealogical, linguistic and social context. Section 3 deals with basic valency, focusing particularly on two- and three-place predicates in Icelandic. There I present an overview of which predicates may instantiate the different argument structure constructions: Nominative Subject Construction, Accusative Subject Construction, Dative Subject Construction, and the different sub-constructions of ditransitives. Section 4 deals with uncoded alternations, i.e. alternations not coded on the verb. These are divided into three types, case variations, case and structure changing alternations, and structure changing alternations. Section 5 deals with coded alternations, i.e. alternations that are coded on the verb, such as the Active–Passive Alternation, the Impersonal Passive, the Transitive–Inchoative, the Reflexive and the Mediopassive. In Section 6, additional alternations are discussed, namely the Oblique Ambitransitive, which is found with accusative, dative and genitive subjects, and the Actional Passive, which is an extension of the Impersonal Passive, found with transitive and ditransitive predicates. Section 7 concludes the present discussion on alternations and valency classes in Icelandic.
    Book
    Introducing the Framework, and Case Studies from Africa and Eurasia
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23703
    Keywords
    Valency; Verb Classes; Argument Alternations
    DOI
    10.1515/9783110338812-016
    ISBN
    9783110332940; 9783110395273
    OCN
    1135847159
    Publisher
    De Gruyter
    Publisher website
    https://www.degruyter.com/
    Publication date and place
    Berlin/Boston, 2015
    Grantor
    • FP7 Ideas: European Research Council - 313461 - EVALISA Research grant informationFind all documents
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    linguistics
    Grammar, syntax & morphology
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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