On root and subordinate clause structure in Kabardian

The paper gives a short overview of the general properties of the grammar of Kabardian (East Circassian) followed by sections on verbal forms in subordination and basic aspects of complementation

Complementation in the Northwest Caucasian Languages

The article addresses the topic of complementation in the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz-Adyghe) languages in the North Caucasus. This study of complementation focuses on various relations between main clauses and main predicates with a clause-like complement, as well as types of main predicates and complements in these complex constructions

Circassian clause structure

The monograph is a study of clause structure in the closely related Circassian languages, Adyghe and Kabardian, two minority languages spoken in North Caucasus

Complementation in the Northwest Caucasian Languages

The article addresses the topic of complementation in the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz-Adyghe) languages in the North Caucasus. This study of complementation focuses on various relations between main clauses and main predicates with a clause-like complement, as well as types of main predicates and complements in these complex constructions

Complementation in the Northwest Caucasian Languages

The article addresses the topic of complementation in the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz-Adyghe) languages in the North Caucasus. This study of complementation focuses on various relations between main clauses and main predicates with a clause-like complement, as well as types of main predicates and complements in these complex constructions

Ergative case in the Circassian languages

The Circassian languages (Northwest Caucasian) exhibit ergative patterns both in case marking and in the alignment of agreement markers in the verb. Ergative/absolutive case marking is restricted to certain types of nominals, which thus results in split-ergativity. The paper examines the marking of ergative/absolutive case in various types of nominals and relates the distribution to the Nominal Hierarchy. The Circassian languages Adyghe (West Circassian) and Kabardian (East Circassian) belong to the West Caucasian languages. They are spoken by 568.000 in the Caucasus and also by great numbers in Turkey and other neighbouring countries. The problem of ergativity in the Circassian languages is treated in works such as Jakovlev & Ashkhamaf 1941, Rogava & Kerasheva 1966, Taov 1967, Zekokh 1967, Kumakhov 1971, 1989, Gishev 1985, Kumakhov & Vamling to appear