VIII Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste
VIII Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste

Author: Zarina Estrada Fernández

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13:

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Papers primarily concerning linguistics of Mexican and Central American Indian languages; some papers deal with Indian languages of other areas, e.g., Argentina and Venezuela, and with Spanish, English, and Australian languages.

Multiple Object Constructions in P’orhépecha
Multiple Object Constructions in P’orhépecha

Author: Alejandra Capistrán

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-02-17

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9004288872

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In Multiple Object Constructions in P’orhépecha, Capistrán offers a detailed description of double and triple object clauses in P’orhépecha, a Mesoamerican isolate with a case system lacking an accusative-dative distinction. Regarding argument realization, Capistrán discusses alternating constructions and a construction split triggered by the person hierarchy. Valence-affecting operations—applicative, causative/instrumental and part-whole lexical suffixes—are examined, highlighting the person features of applicative suffixes and the complex part-whole morphology. Capistrán’s analysis demonstrates that in P’orhépecha most object coding properties show a neutral pattern, while all behavioral properties present asymmetries that shape a secundative pattern or PO/SO alignment. Capistrán argues that the strong tendency in P’orhépecha to determine PO selection according to a thematic ranking helps explain the (un)grammaticality of tritransitive constructions.

VI Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste
VI Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste

Author:

Publisher: USON

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9789706891006

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Three volumes of the sixth regional linguistic conference for northwestern Mexico, with sections on morphosyntax, the Purhepecha dialect, semantics, phonology, bilingual studies, lexicography and sociolinguistics.

Applicative Constructions in the World’s Languages
Applicative Constructions in the World’s Languages

Author: Fernando Zuniga

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2024-01-29

Total Pages: 1100

ISBN-13: 3110730952

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This book presents a state-of-the-art cross-linguistic survey of applicative constructions in the functional-typological tradition. An introductory section sets the terminological and analytical stage, presents the methodology used by the different chapters, and provides a typological outlook. The individual contributions address the morphological, syntactic and semantic variation of applicatives, as well as their discourse-pragmatic function. They cover all major language families and some isolates that feature some illuminating version of the phenomenon, paying special attention to language-internal variation and unity. The phenomena surveyed range from those instances usually considered canonical (valency-increasing, syntactically and semantically predictable, productive, dedicated, and optional) to those occasionally understudied in descriptive works and frequently neglected in comparative studies (valency-neutral, rather unpredictable, lexicalized, syncretic, and/or obligatory).