11.1559, Qs: Antipassive, Existential Constructions

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Subject: 11.1559, Qs: Antipassive, Existential Constructions

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Date:  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:16:54 -0300
From:  "Marie-Lucie Tarpent" <MTARPENT at msvu1.msvu.ca>
Subject:  the meaning of Antipassive

2)
Date:  Sat, 15 Jul 2000 11:37:06 EDT
From:  YukaMakita at aol.com
Subject:  Existential constructions (Icelandic/Swedish)

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:16:54 -0300
From:  "Marie-Lucie Tarpent" <MTARPENT at msvu1.msvu.ca>
Subject:  the meaning of Antipassive

Some time ago I ran into a book which quoted an article in which I
used the term Antipassive.  The author took me to task for giving a
description that was too vague.  I had not thought I needed to
stress the definition of the term as if I had invented it.  However,
other things I have read or heard since lead me to believe that this
term is indeed not well known or understood.   Antipassive forms
and constructions are most often found together with the Ergative,
another concept that is not generally familiar.  I would like to get
some feedback on this issue, especially what linguists would
consider accurate definitions of the term Antipassive.  I will post a
summary if applicable.

Marie-Lucie Tarpent
Mount Saint Vincent University
Halifax, N.S.  B3M 2J6 Canada
marie-lucie.tarpent at msvu.ca


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Sat, 15 Jul 2000 11:37:06 EDT
From:  YukaMakita at aol.com
Subject:  Existential constructions (Icelandic/Swedish)

Dear Linguists,

I'm Yuka Makita, a graduate student at Nagoya University, Japan.
I'm interested in a comparative and a diachronic study of existential
constructions.
And, now, I'd like some native speakers of Icelandic and Swedish to
make grammatical judgement of some existential constructions.
If you can help my work, please e-mail me <YukaMakita at aol.com>.

Thanks in advance,

*****
Yuka Makita
E-mail: YukaMakita at aol.com

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