A Syntactic Analysis Of The Co-Occurrence Of Stative And Passive In Kiswahili
| dc.contributor.author | Cong, Yan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ngonyani, Deo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-15T08:06:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-15T08:06:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-03-29 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study concerns the co-occurrence of stative and passive in Kiswahili. The co-occurrence is only possible with an intervening applicative suffix and in the order st-appl-pass. There are two readings of the stative extension in Kiswahili, potential and resultative. The study seeks to account for the co-occurrence, the order of the suffixes, and the two interpretations of the stative. Our findings are consistent with the [VoiceP [ApplP [vP [VP]]]] structure. We argue that passive and stative share the same essential structure [Voice, Appl, v]. As to the derivation, we propose syntactic head movement where V moves to the stative head resulting in [V-st], which moves to the applicative yielding [V-st-appl], and finally moves to voice to form [V-st-appl-pass]. Last, but not least, our account connects stative with patient-manner predicates to derive resultative reading, and agent-manner predicates to derive potential reading | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6393748 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/537 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/495 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/495 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/495 | |
| dc.subject | Kiswahili | |
| dc.subject | stative and passive | |
| dc.subject | co-currence | |
| dc.subject | suffix | |
| dc.title | A Syntactic Analysis Of The Co-Occurrence Of Stative And Passive In Kiswahili |