This dissertation explores the relation between the notion of subjecthood and syntactic
ergativity through the lens of West Circassian (or Adyghe; of the Northwest Caucasian …

This chapter describes the major features of the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz-Adyghe)
language family, comprising Abkhaz, Abaza, West Circassian (Adyghe), East Circassian …

We analyse morphological causative verbs in Lithuanian on the basis of an annotated
corpus, studying the distribution of different causative suffixes across the valency types of …

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

In my paper, two variants of verb classification in Adyghe, a language of the West Caucasian
family, are discussed. The first variant is a purely morphological classification based on the …

Статья посвящена сопоставительному исследованию каузативных глаголов в
разноструктурных языках. Цель настоящей статьи определить некоторые …

This paper presents novel evidence for the syntactic distinction between unergative and
unaccusative verbs in East Circassian (or Kabardian. The evidence concerns a particular …

This paper looks at a grammaticalized periphrastic causative construction in West
Circassian. West Circassian is a polysynthetic language and expresses information largely …

In the book under review, Leonard Babby, 1 an eminent linguist renowned for his influential
work on many aspects of the syntax of Russian, presents an ingenious and sophisticated …

In my paper, I analyze the meaning of tense-aspect forms of Russian causative verbs, such
as zastavit''make'and pozvolit''let'. I show that the situation is different, depending on whether …