This paper surveys valency-changing operations in West Circassian (Adyghe), a
polysynthetic language of the Northwest Caucasian family. This language has an amazing …

This chapter describes applicative constructions in the polysynthetic Northwest Caucasian
languages, which are typologically unusual in several respects. First, these languages …

The present chapter opens the volume by proving an overview of the antipassive
construction from the typological perspective. After setting the scene by introducing the …

This paper discusses a typologically peculiar inverse-like construction found in the
polysynthetic ergative Circassian languages of the Northwest-Caucasian family. These …

This chapter presents and analyzes the main criterial properties of applicative constructions
as proposed by Zúñiga and Creissels in their position chapter. These properties are as …

Frequency asymmetries within a minimal grammatical domain create offline associations
that languages tend to exploit for a more efficient encoding. We explore cross-linguistic …

Jeziki avtohtonih jezikovnih družin na Kavkazu (naško-dagestanske, abhaško-adigejske in
kartvelske družine) se odlikujejo po raznolikosti svojih oblikoslovnih sistemov. Prav na …

TRANSITIVITY, VALENCY AND VOICE Page 1 TRANSITIVITY, VALENCY AND VOICE Denis
Creissels DDL (UMR 5596) & Université Lyon 2 denis.creissels@univ-lyon2.fr http://deniscreissels.fr …

This chapter presents and analyzes the main criterial properties of applicative constructions
as proposed by Zúñiga and Creissels in their introductory chapter. These properties are as …

This chapter presents and analyzes the main criterial properties of applicative constructions
as proposed by Zúñiga and Creissels in their introductory chapter. These properties are as …