The pronominal form -a as a middle marker in Pima Bajo

Zarina Estrada Fernández

doi:10.1086/497873

The pronominal form -a as a middle marker in Pima Bajo

Zarina Estrada Fernández

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Abstract

This paper analyzes middle voice expressions in Pima Bajo, a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in northwest Mexico. The analysis shows that the reflexives and middles differ in that in the latter there is no coreferential relation among the participants. It also shows that middles differ from reflexives in the semantic role of the subject participant: agent in reflexives and executor or patient in middles. Pragmatic factors condition the semantic role of executor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	277-302
Number of pages	26
Journal	International Journal of American Linguistics
Volume	71
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/497873
State	Published - 2005

Keywords

Agent
Coreference
Executor
Middle voice
Patient
Pima Bajo
Pragmatic uses
Semantic roles
Uto-Aztecan
Volitionally and nonvolitionally involved participant

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