Linda Konnerth
List of John Benjamins publications in which Linda Konnerth is involved.
Journal
ISSN 0731-3500 | E‑ISSN 2214‑5907
2021 On the nature of inverse systems: The rise of inverse marking via antipassive constructions Diachronica 38:1, pp. 25–63 | Article
Previous theoretical discussion about inverse systems has largely revolved around the synchronic and diachronic relationship between the inverse and the passive. In contrast, this study argues for the antipassive origins of two inverse constructions in Monsang (Trans-Himalayan), which are used… read more
2020 Recycling through perspective persistence in Monsang (Trans-Himalayan): Reconstructing the desiderative from a reported intentionality construction Notes from the field on perspective-indexing constructions: Irregular shifts and perspective persistence, Spronck, Stef, An Van linden, Caroline Gentens and María Sol Sansiñena (eds.), pp. 55–77 | Article
In a reported intentionality construction, intentionality is expressed as reported speech/thought (‘s/he says/thinks, <I will go>’). The quoted clause must contain a first person form and refer to the future. Reported intentionality displays perspective persistence and an accompanying apparent… read more
2016 The Proto-Tibeto-Burman *gV- nominalizing prefix Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 39:1, pp. 3–32 | Article
Matisoff (2003) reconstructs an “adjectival prefix” *gV-, based on work by Wolfenden (1929). As a result of surveying grammatical descriptions of more than 90 Tibeto-Burman languages, the present study provides evidence to reconstruct Matisoff’s adjectival prefix as a nominalizer whose functional… read more
2015 A new type of convergence at the deictic center: Second person and cislocative in Karbi (Tibeto-Burman) Studies in Language 39:1, pp. 24–45 | Article
There is a functional overlap between motion towards the deictic center and (di-)transitive events directed at speech act participants. Grammatical evidence for this comes from verbal morphemes that are used in motional clauses like ‘come to me!’ and ditransitive clauses like ‘give (it) to me!’… read more
