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Non-referential actor indexing in Nehan

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dc.contributor.authorOlstad, Johnen
dc.contributor.authorAustralian Linguistic Societyen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-26T05:02:53Z
dc.date.available2012-09-26T05:02:53Z
dc.date.created2012-10en_AU
dc.description.abstractNon-referential actor indexing is found in many languages in the form of 3PL impersonal constructions. In the sentence, “They don’t drink root beer in Australia.”, the actor 'they' does not refer to any specific entity. In addition to 3PL impersonals, the Nehan language of northern Bougainville uses non-referential actor indexing for middle voice-like constructions, undergoer promotion, and — perhaps uniquely — expands impersonal constructions using 3SG agreement to indicate that the actor of the verb either lacks sentience or has accidentally carried out an action. This paper describes the semantics of non-referential actor indexing constructions and their role in argument structure.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, School of Language Studies; ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, School of Culture, History and Languageen_AU
dc.format.extent19 pagesen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.citationOlstad, J. (2012). Non-referential actor indexing in Nehan. In M. Ponsonnet, L. Dao & M. Bowler (Eds), Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Linguistic Society Conference – 2011, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, 2-4 December 2011 (pp. 297-315).en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9802815-4-5en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/9419
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.provenanceCopyright remains with the author. Permission has been given to deposit this paper and make it publicly available - emails from editor of proceedings, dated 30/08/12 and 8/10/12en_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Linguistic Societyen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofAustralian Linguistic Society Conferenceen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAustralian Linguistic Society Conference: 42nden_AU
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyrighten_AU
dc.sourceProceedings of the 42nd Australian Linguistic Society Conference 2011en_AU
dc.source.urihttp://langfest.anu.edu.au/index.php/als/als2011en_AU
dc.subjectimpersonalsen_AU
dc.subjectnon-referential indexingen_AU
dc.subjectargument structureen_AU
dc.subjectOceanicen_AU
dc.subjectsemanticsen_AU
dc.titleNon-referential actor indexing in Nehanen_AU
dc.typeConference paperen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.contributor.affiliationOlstad, John, University of Newcastleen_AU
local.description.notesThe conference proceedings can be found at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9404. "The 2011 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society was ... hosted jointly by the School of Language Studies and the School of Culture, History and Language. The Conference convenors were Jane Simpson and Nicholas Evans" - from Proceedings, Editorial Noteen_AU
local.description.refereedYes
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.als.asn.auen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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