Osahito Miyaoka
List of John Benjamins publications in which Osahito Miyaoka is involved.
Articles
2011 Impersonal verbs in Central Alaskan Yupik (Eskimoan) Impersonal Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective, Malchukov, Andrej L. and Anna Siewierska (eds.), pp. 459–488 | Article
This paper is a description of impersonal verbs in Central Alaskan Yupik, an Eskimoan language. After providing minimum information on verb stem classification and valency modifications (including one by zero derivation), primary impersonals of natural force and derived impersonals of necessity… read more
2009 Comparative constructions in Central Alaskan Yupik Variations on Polysynthesis: The Eskaleut languages, Mahieu, Marc-Antoine and Nicole Tersis (eds.), pp. 81–94 | Chapter
Eskimo comparative constructions include both comparative (’be more __ than’ as well as the superlative ‘be the most __’) and equalitive clauses (‘be as __ as’). In Central Alaskan Yupik at least, a number of typologically interesting features of these constructions have to my knowledge thus far… read more
2008 Morphological strategies for 'complex sentences' and polysynthesis in central Alaskan Yupik (Eskimo) Subordination and Coordination Strategies in North Asian Languages, Vajda, Edward J. (ed.), pp. 143–165 | Article