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 …

In this paper we describe a peculiar pattern of case alternation from the polysynthetic
Circassian (West Caucasian) languages, where specificity-driven differential marking of …

Ā‐extraction of possessors in West Circassian is constrained in a puzzling way: the
possessor of an ergative or applied argument DP may not undergo clausebound wh …

This article identifies and tests a novel diagnostic for clause structure in West Circassian, a
polysynthetic language with ergative alignment. The diagnostic concerns an unusual …

Caucasus is a home for dozens of languages spoken by several million people. While some
of the Indo-European, Turkic and Semitic languages are present in the region, most …

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

This paper presents the results of an areal study of the elements known as (sentence-) final
particles (FPs) in the languages of Asia. FPs constitute a crucial part of many languages of …

The article focuses on antipassive formation in Adyghe and Kabardian (Circassian< West
Caucasian), polysynthetic languages with ergative alignment of basic morphosyntax. The …

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

Abstract Shapsug Adyghe (Northwest Caucasian) displays a morpheme that signals
direction towards deictic center, which additionally indicates inverse contexts as well as …