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https://doi.org/10.14943/88220

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/73726

On some morphosyntactic phenomena of dative noun in Koryak : applicative, S=A alternation, and benefactive verbs

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授与動詞

2019-03-15

Japan Association of Northern Language Studies

Northern Language Studies

9

13-29

The present paper examines the similarities and dissimilarities between the benefactive applicative construction where the recipient in the dative case becomes the target of applicativization, and other phenomena such as S=A alternation of labile verb and the benefactive verbs. As a result it points out the followings , (A) Koryak applicative construction is formed through violation against the normal grammatical constraint, that is, transitive conjugation of the intransitive stem. (B) The fact that the verb of applicative construction and that of the corresponding non-applicative construction are the same does not mean that it is a labile verb which can be used both as intransitive and transitive as in S=A alternation, but it shows that it is due to the abovementioned violation. Therefore the applicative can be clearly distinguished from S=A alternation of labile verb in spite of the apparent similarities. (C) The benefactive verb with the recipient in the dative case is clearly distinguished from the applicative in that it has a different person marking according to the animacy hierarchy and that it cannot derive the applicative. Clarification of the reason why the applicative verb violates the grammatical constraint remains open for the future study.

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