Passive in Kazym Khanty and the Interaction of Givenness, Topicality and Animacy

This paper concerns the active/passive voice alternation in Kazym Khanty. According to the existing literature, the use of passive in Khanty is conditioned by information structure. Kazym dialect data, however, suggest that there are other parameters such as givenness and animacy that affect the cho...

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Published in:Linguistica Uralica
Main Author: Nikita Muravyev
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:German
English
Russian
Published: Estonian Academy Publishers 2023
Subjects:
khanty
passive
voice
morphosyntax
animacy
topicality
givenness
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3176/lu.2023.1.04
https://doaj.org/article/091520cbfcce449384b659289066ec5b
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Summary:This paper concerns the active/passive voice alternation in Kazym Khanty. According to the existing literature, the use of passive in Khanty is conditioned by information structure. Kazym dialect data, however, suggest that there are other parameters such as givenness and animacy that affect the choice of voice. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore the relevant parameters and highlight the ways they interact. The study reveals that in all-new contexts with no established topic speakers choose the voice construction based on animacy, while givenness and topi­cality play a decisive role on later stages of the discourse.

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