Non-referential actor indexing in Nehan
| dc.contributor.author | Olstad, John | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Australian Linguistic Society | en_AU |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-26T05:02:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-09-26T05:02:53Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2012-10 | en_AU |
| dc.description.abstract | Non-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.sponsorship | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, School of Language Studies; ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, School of Culture, History and Language | en_AU |
| dc.format.extent | 19 pages | en_AU |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.citation | Olstad, 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.isbn | 978-0-9802815-4-5 | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9419 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_AU |
| dc.provenance | Copyright 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 8/10/12 | en_AU |
| dc.publisher | Australian Linguistic Society | en_AU |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Australian Linguistic Society Conference | en_AU |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Australian Linguistic Society Conference: 42nd | en_AU |
| dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | en_AU |
| dc.source | Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Linguistic Society Conference 2011 | en_AU |
| dc.source.uri | http://langfest.anu.edu.au/index.php/als/als2011 | en_AU |
| dc.subject | impersonals | en_AU |
| dc.subject | non-referential indexing | en_AU |
| dc.subject | argument structure | en_AU |
| dc.subject | Oceanic | en_AU |
| dc.subject | semantics | en_AU |
| dc.title | Non-referential actor indexing in Nehan | en_AU |
| dc.type | Conference paper | en_AU |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Olstad, John, University of Newcastle | en_AU |
| local.description.notes | The 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 Note | en_AU |
| local.description.refereed | Yes | |
| local.publisher.url | http://www.als.asn.au | en_AU |
| local.type.status | Published Version | en_AU |