Adversative Passive in Udihe

• Main Author: Perekhvalskaya, Elena
• Other Authors: Langage, LAngues et Cultures d'Afrique (LLACAN), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Venice (Ca' Foscari University)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: Tungusic languages Udihe grammatical cases; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; Tungusic languages
• Online Access: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03983739; https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03983739/document; https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03983739/file/Passive_adversative.pdf

This presentation deals with the results of the study of passive constructions in Udihe (Manchu-Tungusic). In these constructions, the Agent is de-emphasized, the attention is transferred to the Patient. The Agent not overtly expressed may be impersonal or generic; if overtly expressed, it is encoded by the Dative. The overtly expressed Agent can be either a person, a natural phenomenon or an inanimate object. On the contrary, only an animate being (a person or an animate character of a tale) can be the Patient of the action. This makes it possible to consider these structures being adversive-passive, that is, structures of an "adverse impact".