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 …

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

This article examines the role of subjecthood in the domain of anaphoric binding through the
lens of West Circassian, a Northwest Caucasian language with ergative alignment. West …

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

Polysynthesis has fascinated linguists ever since polysynthetic languages, characterised by
exceptional morphological complexity of verbs, have come to their attention. However …

This paper describes a pilot experiment which was conducted by the authors with speakers
of the polysynthetic West Circassian (Adyghe) language and aimed at investigating their …

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 …

6. Discussion With respect to the Circassian languages we believe that it is fully legitimate to
treat both the “direct”(transitive-based) and the “indirect”(intransitive-based) instances of the …

• Evans & Sasse (2002: 3):“Essentially, then, a prototypical polysynthetic language is one in
which it is possible, in a single word, to use processes of morphological composition to …