Winfred P. Lehmann, Director :: PCL 5.112, 1 University Station S5490 :: Austin, TX 78712 :: 512-471-4566
Language Systems Indices
Indo-European Typology Project
Citation Record
Mithun, Marianne. 1991. Active/Agentive Case Marking and its Motivations. Language 67. 510-546.
CASE
- case
- case [accusative]
- case [active-agentive]
- case [agent]
- case [categorization of]
- case [choice of]
- case [dative]
- case marking
- case marking [accusative]
- case marking [active-agentive]
- case marking [active-neutral]
- case marking [active vs. inactive]
- case marking [ergative languages]
- case marking [motivation of]
- case marking [nominal]
- case marking [pronominal]
- case marking [stative verbs]
- case [patient]
- case system [agent-patient]
- case system [Lakhota]
- case system [nominative-accusative]
- case system [semantic basis of]
CONTENT WORDS
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY
- aspect
- aspect [habitual]
- aspect [lexical]
- aspect [perfective]
- aspect [vs. agency]
- auxiliary
- auxiliary [selection of]
- causative
- mood [imperative]
- number [category of]
- perfect
- possession
- possession [alienable vs. inalienable]
- possession [inclusive vs. exclusive]
- voice
- voice [medio-passive]
LANGUAGE CHANGE
- diachronic developments
- grammaticalization
- language contact
- lexicalization
- lexicalization [Caddo]
- linguistic borrowing
- linguistic divergence
LANGUAGE RECONSTRUCTION
LANGUAGE TYPE
- accusative languages
- accusative system
- accusative system [vs. ergative system]
- active languages
- ergative languages
- nominative system
- split-intransitive languages
- split-S languages
- split system
- tense-aspect system
LANGUAGES
- American Indian languages
- Caddoan languages
- Dutch
- Dyirbal
- European languages
- Georgian
- Guarani
- Guarani [active-stative system]
- Guarani [Classical]
- Guarani [Colloquial]
- Huron
- Iroquoian languages
- Italian
- Lakhota
- Mandan
- Mohawk
- Muskogean
- Pomoan languages
- Siouan languages
- Spanish
- Tibetan
- Tupi-Guarani languages
LEXICON
MORPHOLOGY
- affix
- affix [causative]
- affix [semi-reflexive]
- enclitic
- inflection
- inflection [aspectual]
- marker [grammatical]
- marker [inchoative]
- marker [medio-passive]
- morphology [derivational]
- prefix
- prefix [agent]
- prefix [beneficiary]
- prefix [case]
- prefix [directional]
- prefix [patient]
- prefix [progressive]
- prefix [pronominal]
- reduplication
- suffix
- suffix [causative]
- suffix [distributive]
- suffix [inchoative]
- suffix [progressive]
- suffix [reversive]
- suffix [stative]
- suffix [verbal]
PARTS OF SPEECH
- adjective
- noun
- noun [referring to human beings]
- noun [unmarked for case]
- pronoun
- pronoun [agent]
- pronoun [bound]
- pronoun [dative]
- pronoun [free]
- pronoun [inclusive vs. exclusive]
- pronoun [Iroquois]
- pronoun [object]
- pronoun [patient]
- pronoun [personal]
- verb
- verb [atelic]
- verb [borrowed]
- verb [causative]
- verb [classification of]
- verb [denoting event]
- verb [denoting state]
- verb [habitual]
- verb [inchoative]
- verb [intransitive]
- verb [intransitive] [argument of]
- verb [split intransitive]
- verb [telic]
- verb [transitive]
- verb [transitive] [semantic agent]
- verb [transitive] [semantic patient]
SEMANTICS
- action
- action [involuntary]
- action [voluntary]
- action [vs. state]
- affectedness
- agency
- agent
- agent [grammatical]
- agent [neuter]
- agent [non-human]
- agent [semantic]
- agent [transitive]
- Aktionsart
- control
- control [absence of]
- control [precedence over volition]
- event
- event [argument of]
- event [vs. state]
- experiencer
- patient
- patient [enclitic]
- patient [grammatical]
- patient [neuter]
- patient [transitive]
- semantic basis [of language systems]
- semantic extension
- state [subject of]
- volition
SYNTAX
- argument
- argument [categorization of]
- argument [inanimate]
- argument [intransitive]
- clause [intransitive]
- clause [transitive]
- discourse terms
- ergativity
- object [direct]
- object [direct] [English]
- object [direct] [underlying]
- passivization
- passivization [impersonal]
- predicate
- predicate [categorization of]
- state
- subject
- unaccusativity
- word order