A grammar of Jamul Tiipay / Amy Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Amy, 1961-

Series:

Mouton grammar library ; 23.

Mouton grammar library ; 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kumiai language--Grammar.

Kumiai language.

Kumiai language--Phonology.

Physical Description:

xvi, 379 pages : map ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Jamul Tiipay

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2001.

Contents:

1.1. Jamul and its people 1

1.2. The Yuman family and the Kumeyaay (Diegueno) languages 1

1.3. Neighboring languages 4

1.4. Previous work 4

1.5. A brief sketch of Jamul Tiipay 5

1.6. Fieldwork methods 7

2. Phonology 11

2.1. A note about stress and word structure 11

2.2. Phonemes and their allophones 11

2.2.1. Consonant allophony 13

2.2.2. Vowel allophony 16

2.2.3. The schwa problem 20

2.2.4. Minimal and near-minimal pairs 21

2.2.5. Diphthongs 23

2.2.6. Consonant clusters 24

2.2.7. Vowel clusters 29

2.3. Loan words 30

2.4. Morphophonemics 33

2.4.1. Rule 1: Glottal stop deletion 34

2.4.2. Rule 2: Glide formation 34

2.4.3. Vowel shortening rules 35

2.4.4. Rule 4: Assimilation 37

2.4.5. Rules for the insertion and deletion of schwa 38

2.5. Lenition 44

2.6. Syntactically conditioned lengthening 48

3. Lexical structure 51

3.1. Composition of the verb stem 52

3.1.1. Monomorphemic stems 52

3.1.2. Prefixed stems 52

3.1.3. Suffixed stems 69

3.1.4. Sets of stems which share a common root 71

3.1.5. Incorporated elements and super-stems 73

3.1.6. Reduplication 75

3.2. Composition of the noun stem 77

3.2.1. Simple noun stems 77

3.2.2. Morphologically complex noun stems 78

3.3. Kinship terms 84

3.3.1. Grammatical status 84

3.3.2. Stem composition 85

4. Derivation 89

4.1. Causative formation 89

4.1.1. Formal aspects 89

4.1.2. Irregularities 93

4.1.3. Speaker variation 95

4.1.4. Form and meaning 96

4.1.5. Frequency words 98

4.2. Plural formation 99

4.2.1. Plural-subject verb stems 100

4.2.2. Distributive action plural verb stems 110

4.2.3. Plural forms of nouns 114

4.2.4. Plural forms of kinship terms 115

4.3. Nominalizations on the subject 116

4.3.1. Formal aspects 117

4.3.2. Complex terms 119

4.3.3. Historical note 119

4.4. Nominalizations on oblique arguments 120

4.4.1. Formal aspects 120

4.4.2. Semantic aspects 123

4.4.3. Complex terms 123

4.4.4. Comparative and historical notes 124

4.5. Relative stems 124

4.5.1. Subject relative stems 125

4.5.2. Oblique relative stems 127

4.5.3. A comparison of subject and oblique relative stems 128

4.6. Irrealis stems 129

4.8. Stative stems 129

4.8. Diminutive stems 131

5. Inflection 135

5.1. Verb inflection 135

5.1.1. Personal subject prefixes 135

5.1.2. Speaker variation in inflection for person of subject 137

5.1.3. Irregularities in inflection for person of subject 137

5.1.4. Personal subject/object prefixes 140

5.1.5. Speaker variation in inflection for person of subject/object 142

5.1.6. Personal prefixes in subject relative clauses 143

5.2. Inflection in the predicate nominal clause 144

5.3. Noun inflection 145

5.3.1. Inalienably possessed nouns 145

5.3.2. Nominal kinship terms 146

5.3.3. Alienably possessed nouns 147

6. Clause structure 149

6.1. Constituent order 149

6.2. Noun phrases 150

6.2.1. Lexical pronouns and demonstratives 150

6.2.2. The possessive construction 151

6.2.3. The genitive construction 153

6.3. Nominal syntactic morphology in the clause 153

6.3.1. Demonstrative clitic 153

6.3.2. Case marking 154

6.4. Ditransitive clauses 162

6.5. Causative clauses 164

6.6 Reflexives and reciprocals 166

6.7. Negation in the verbal clause 167

6.8. Adverbs 169

6.9. Interrogative/indefinite words 174

6.9.1. Interrogative/indefinite pronouns 174

6.9.2. Interrogative/indefinite verbs 176

6.9.3. Uninflecting interrogative words 178

6.10. The predicate nominal construction 179

6.10.1. Nominal syntactic morphology in the predicate nominal clause 181

6.10.2. Internally complex predicate noun phrases 181

6.10.3. Negation within the predicate nominal clause 182

6.10.4. Comparative note 184

6.11. The copula construction 184

6.12. Modal and aspectual suffixes within the clause 185

6.12.1. -ya 'too; again' 186

6.12.2. -x 'irrealis' 187

6.12.3. -wach 'obligative' 189

6.13. Modal clitics which follow independent clauses 190

6.13.1. -ma 'promised future' 190

6.13.2. -pek 'hortative' 191

6.13.3. -kex 'inferential' 192

6.13.4. -lly 'desiderative' 193

6.13.5. -m 'cautionary' 194

6.13.6. Interrogative clitics 194

6.13.7. Quotatives 200

6.13.8. Emphatic clitics 200

7. Relative clauses and nominalized complement clauses 205

7.1. Relative clauses 205

7.1.1. Subject relative clauses 206

7.1.2. Oblique relative clauses 209

7.1.3. Constituent order within the relative clause 210

7.1.4. Nominal syntactic morphology within the relative clause 210

7.1.5. Indefinite arguments 212

7.1.6. Negation in the relative clause 212

7.1.7. Mood in the relative clause 213

7.1.8. Relativization on locative, ablative, and allative noun phrases 214

7.1.9. Relative clauses formed from complex sentences 216

7.1.10. Relativized predicate nominal constructions 217

7.1.11. The relative clause within the matrix clause 218

7.2. Nominalized complement clauses 219

7.2.1. Internal structure of the complement clause 219

7.2.2. Mood and negation in the complement clause 220

7.2.3. Complement clauses formed from complex sentences 222

7.2.4. The complement clause within the matrix clause 222

7.3. A puzzling set of embedded clauses 225

8. Clause combining 227

8.1. The switch reference construction 227

8.1.1. Switch reference marking on realis dependent clauses 228

8.1.2. Switch reference marking on irrealis dependent clauses 230

8.1.3. Overlapping reference; time and weather expressions 232

8.1.4. Clause chaining; focal and sequential switch reference 234

8.1.5. Optionality in switch reference marking 236

8.1.6. Functions of the switch reference construction 238

8.1.7. Special functions of the different-subject marker -m 241

8.1.8. Syntactic characteristics of switch reference constructions 245

8.1.9. Review of historical developments 247

8.1.10. Speaker variation and comparative notes 248

8.2. The 'when' construction 250

8.3. The conjunction nyapuum 'then' 252

8.4. The conjunction kenaach 'because' 255

8.5. The conjunction nyamaaw 'or else' 257

8.6. The adversative construction 258

8.7. The purposive construction 259

8.8. Hypothetical and counterfactual conditionals 260

8.9. Desiderative clauses 262

8.10. Summary of cooccurrence restrictions, and position chart 263

8.11. The syntactic status of the various clause-linking devices 264

9. Auxiliary constructions 267

9.1. Auxiliary Clause constructions 269

9.1.1. Intensifier apsiiw 270

9.1.2. Inchoative -aa 271

9.1.3. Behavioral auxiliaries 272

9.2. Auxiliary Verb constructions 280

9.2.1. Locational auxiliaries 280

9.2.2. Intensifier -aar 291

9.2.3. Perseverative xkiiway 292

9.2.4. Counterfactual tuuyaw 293

9.3. Expiring auxiliaries 297

9.3.1. llyewii 'be likely' 298

9.3.2. Negative auxiliaries xemaaw, xcham, and xmir 299

9.3.3. Habitual/imperfective raw 303

9.3.4. Augmentative xan 305

9.4. Auxiliary constructions used for periphrastic expression of causation, frequency, and person of subject 306

9.4.1. Expressive 'say' constructions 307

9.4.2. The periphrastic causative construction and its extensions 309

9.5. New and transitory auxiliaries 314

9.5.1. Completive and sequencing chaw 314

9.5.2. Reiterative/restorative akway 317

9.5.3. Contrastive and interclausal subject coreference marker naynaa 320

10. Sample texts and notes on discourse 331

10.1. Text #1: The Orphan Boy 331

10.2. Text #2: Drying Meat 343

10.3. Notes on discourse 348

10.3.1. Noun phrase density 348

10.3.2. The presentational construction 348

10.3.3. The use of the demonstrative clitic -pu 350

10.3.4. The use of plural verb forms 351

10.3.5. Deviations from canonical constituent order and clause order 353

10.3.6. Wandering clitics 354

10.3.7. Emphatics and quotatives 355

10.3.8. Units of discourse 356

Appendix 1 Some differences between Jamul Tiipay and Mesa Grande 'Iipay 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-371) and indexes.

ISBN:

3110164515

OCLC:

46678363