Transitivity Indicators -Yu and -Wi in Hualapai

The distribution of Hualapai auxiliary verbs -yu and -wi cannot be explained only by the presence or absence of an object, or by the active or stative feature of the matrix verb. This paper proposes that it can be explained in terms of Transitivity, in that -wi corresponds to 'high' Transi...

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Main Author: Ichihashi, Kumiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics 1991-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/428