Teotitlán Zapotec: An ‘activizing’ language

Some languages tend to derive intransitive verbs from transitive verbs, while others tend to derive transitive verbs from intransitive verbs. In this paper, we will argue that Teotitlán Zapotec, an Otomanguean language spoken in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, represents an extreme case of a transitivi...

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Published in:Linguistic typology 2021-07, Vol.25 (2), p.257-301
Main Authors: Uchihara, Hiroto, Gutiérrez, Ambrocio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anticausatives
Causative constructions
causatives
Morphological complexity
passive
Passive voice
transitivity alternation
unergatives
Verbs
voice
Zapotec
Zapotec languages
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Summary:Some languages tend to derive intransitive verbs from transitive verbs, while others tend to derive transitive verbs from intransitive verbs. In this paper, we will argue that Teotitlán Zapotec, an Otomanguean language spoken in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, represents an extreme case of a transitivizing language: the transitive counterpart is almost always morphologically more complex, not only in the anticausative/causative alternations, but also in passive/active alternations, thus, an ‘activizing’ language.
ISSN:1430-0532
1613-415X
DOI:10.1515/lingty-2020-2058