[Lingtyp] Lingtyp Digest, Vol 104, Issue 16

[mbardaj1 at uni-koeln.de]

Dear Tom, dear Voltaire,

Sonja Riesberg, Nikolaus Himmelmann and myself recently wrote about  
limited-control predicates in western Austronesian languages (which  
include the "manage to" meaning that you mention) in the following  
paper:

Bardají, M., Riesberg, S., & Himmelmann, N.P. (2022). Limited-Control  
Predicates in Western Austronesia: Stative, Dynamic, or None of the  
Above? Oceanic Linguistics 61(1), 118-165.  
(https://muse.jhu.edu/article/858601)

Maybe what could be relevant to the constructions that you encountered  
is section 4.2., where we distinguish between internal abilities  
(inherent skills of the individual) and external abilities  
(possibilities determined by external factors such as luck, fate or  
other outer circumstances). We argue that only external abilities are  
expressed by limited-control morphology (i.e. potentive), whereas  
internal abilities are expressed in a different way.

I hope this can be useful!

Best,
Maria Bardají

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