Universal #1569

Legacy number: 1569

 Number  1565
 Original  Within the class of deagentive reflexive constrictions the following implications may be assumed: if there are non-modal reflexive constructions, there will be modal reflexive constructions.
 Standardized  IF there are non-modal reflexive constructions, THEN there will be modal reflexive constructions.
 Formula  non-modal RC ⇒ modal RC
 Keywords  reflexive, modal
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages surveyed in Nedjalkov 1978, Nedjalkov 1980
 Source  Nedjalkov 1978: 35-36, Nedjalkov 1980: 226

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Discussion
Notes
DEAGENTIVE RC is a type of RC, with the agent identical with the agent-subject of non-reflexive construction, but not expressed by a subject RC. The deagentive RC can be classified according to the “modal sense” feature into: the MODAL deagentive RC, e.g., Russian: On dremlet [he:Nom is.dozing] ‘He is dozing’ => (Jemu) dermlet-sja [(he: Dat) is.dozing-ReflMarker] ‘Dozing overtakes (him)’; and the NON-MODAL deagentive RC, e.g., Oni skladyvajut krovat’ [they fold bed] ‘They fold the bed’ => Krovat’ skladyvaet-sja (imi) [bed is.folded-ReflMarker (by.them)] ‘The bed is folded (by them)’.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
DEAGENTIVE RC is a type of RC, with the agent identical with the agent-subject of non-reflexive construction, but not expressed by a subject RC.
The deagentive RC can be classified according to the "modal sense" feature into: the MODAL deagentive RC,
e.g., Russian: On dremlet [he:Nom is.dozing] 'He is dozing' ⇒ (Jemu) dermlet-sja [(he: Dat) is.dozing-ReflMarker] 'Dozing overtakes (him)';
and the NON-MODAL deagentive RC,
e.g., Oni skladyvajut krovat' [they fold bed] 'They fold the bed' ⇒ Krovat' skladyvaet-sja (imi) [bed is.folded-ReflMarker (by.them)] 'The bed is folded (by them)'.