Chapter 12 Icelandic valency classes oblique subjects, oblique ambitransitives and the actional passive

• Main Author: Barðdal, Jóhanna (auth)
• Other Authors: Malchukov, Andrej (Editor), Comrie, Bernard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2015
• Subjects: linguistics; Grammar, syntax & morphology; Valency; Verb Classes; Argument Alternations
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The present chapter gives an overview of valency classes in Icelandic and the most common, noticeable, or productive alternations found in the language. The over-view is based on my own native-speaker knowledge of the language, on my earlier research and on the existing literature on Icelandic. Most...