In this paper, we bring to the attention of the linguistic community recent research on
heritage languages. Shifting linguistic attention from the model of a monolingual speaker to …

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 …

The paper presents a description and an analysis of the nominal complex, a peculiar
construction which includes a noun and its modifiers, in West Circassian, a polysynthetic …

West Circassian displays prominent polysynthetic morphology both in the verbal and
nominal domains and both syntactic categories are subject to the same morphological …

This paper is concerned with a particular semantic type of noun phrases in secondary
predicate function, illustrated by as a negotiator in He was sent as a negotiator. It explores …

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 paper documents and analyzes an instance of covert A‐movement, specifically covert
subject‐to‐subject raising, in the Northwest Caucasian language Adyghe. We argue that …

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