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SUMMARY:Person features and typological implications: Disparate effects of
  a single person feature: Case syncretism\,incorporation\, passivization\,
  and advancement to indirect object - Daniel Harbour (QMUL)
DTSTART:20100526T080000Z
DTEND:20100526T090000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Theresa Biberauer
DESCRIPTION:Across Kiowa-Tanoan\, direct objects are subject to a variety 
 of syntactic and morphological effects\, including what have been describe
 d as obligatory incorporation\, passivization\, and advancement to indirec
 t object. It has furthermore been noted (e.g.\, by Rosen and by Heck and R
 ichards) that the conditions under which these effects operate are similar
  to those under which the Person Case Constraint holds. Focusing on Kiowa\
 , Adger and Harbour show that the mechanism behind the Person Case Constra
 int\, and some of its frequent crosslinguistically concomitant syncretisms
 \, are captured by positing a dual role for the feature [±participant] (a
 s an interpretable component of pronouns and as an uninterpretable selecti
 onal feature on applicatives). This talk shows that precisely the same mec
 hanism is responsible for incorporation\,\npassivization\, and advancement
  to indirect object. Languages to be discussed: Kiowa\, Jemez (Towa)\, Sou
 thern Tiwa\, Picurís (Northern Tiwa)\, (Rio Grande /\nSanta Clara) Tewa.
LOCATION:GR-04\, English Faculty Building
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