Gender and person agreement in Akusha Dargi (Daghestanian language family)

Authors
Citation
H. Van Den Berg, Gender and person agreement in Akusha Dargi (Daghestanian language family), FOL LING, 33(1-2), 1999, pp. 153-168
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Language & Linguistics
Journal title
FOLIA LINGUISTICA
ISSN journal
01654004 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
153 - 168
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-4004(1999)33:1-2<153:GAPAIA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Most Daghestanian languages show gender agreement between nouns and a broad set of targets, like verbs, adjectives, and local expressions. Dargi diffe rs from other Daghestanian languages, among others, in that it shows person agreement in the verb as well. For that reason examples from the written s tandard are sometimes adduced in general linguistic literature. This articl e presents partly new data from the dialect of Akusha. An attempt will be m ade to find an adequate explanation for the presence of both ergative-absol utive and nominative-accusative patterns of agreement.