[Lingtyp] Terminology query: Obviative constraints

[Christian Lehmann]

I'm afraid I don't understand your qualms. An alternation is not a 
constraint, and voices and diatheses are no alignment constraints.
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> Thanks, Christian! But wouldn’t those terms again also extend to voice 
> alternations, including European-style active/passive alternations? 
> I’m not looking for a cover term, mind you, but rather specifically 
> for a term that narrowly denotes those constraints that specifically 
> concern the /relative/ animacy and topicality (etc.) of core arguments 
> in transitive (and ditransitive) clauses. – Best – Juergen
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> *From: *Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf 
> of Christian Lehmann <christian.lehmann at uni-erfurt.de>
> *Date: *Monday, September 18, 2023 at 18:12
> *To: *LINGTYP at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG 
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> *Subject: *Re: [Lingtyp] Terminology query: Obviative constraints
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> Since animacy (better: empathy 🙂) and topicality are both related to 
> reference, the term you are looking for could be something like 
> 'reference-conditioned alignment constraint'. It would cover not only 
> empathy and topicality, but also other referential properties like 
> specificity, which play a role in alignment, too.
> Best, Christian
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