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 …

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

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

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 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 …

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

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 …