A Few Notes on the Participial Passive in Tundra Nenets

The article deals with the two strategies of the participial passive in Tundra Nenets, one of which allows the expression of the agent, and another one does not. The first strategy is considered primarily on the basis of the construction with the perfective participle. The eventive vs. resultative nature of the passive as well as the agreement patterns of the construction are discussed. The limited admissibility of patientive subjects of the first and second persons is also noted. The second strategy, which is necessarily impersonal, is discussed on the basis of the construction with the imperfective participle. The participle in this construction is formed from the verb through the durative marker. This construction is used in habitual (generic) contexts and does not allow an expressed agent.

Keywords

Tundra Nenets, Samoyedic languages, passive constructions, participial passive, impersonal constructions, morphosyntax, verbal categories

Acknowledgment

The work is supported by the Russian Science Foundation, Project No. 19-78-10139 “Argument structure, voice and valency-changing derivations in the languages of Western Siberia”.

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28.09.2022

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28.09.2022

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GOST	Stenin I. A Few Notes on the Participial Passive in Tundra Nenets // Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka – 2022. – V. 81. – Issue 4 C. 96-108 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://izv-oifn.ru/S160578800021461-3-1 (circulation date: 03.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S160578800021461-3
MLA	Stenin, Ivan A "A Few Notes on the Participial Passive in Tundra Nenets." Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 81.4 (2022):96-108. DOI: 10.31857/S160578800021461-3
APA	Stenin I. (2022). A Few Notes on the Participial Passive in Tundra Nenets. Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 81(4), pp.96-108 DOI: 10.31857/S160578800021461-3

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