Word formation in South American languages / edited by Swintha Danielsen, Katja Hannss, Fernando Zúñiga.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Danielsen, Swintha, editor.

Hannss, Katja, editor.

Zúñiga, Fernando, editor.

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; Volume 163.

Studies in Language Companion Series, 0165-7763 ; Volume 163

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Languages.

Indians of South America.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Word formation.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Languages in contact--South America.

Languages in contact.

South America--Languages.

South America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : John Benjamins B.V., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Amerindian languages and in many other agglutinative languages, subordination is often a matter of nominalization. In Cholón, a language spoken in North-Peru, this is certainly the case: nominalized forms coincide with subordinate clauses. In this language, a nominalized verb form can also be used as a main predicate. In this paper we study the different subordinate clauses that are formed with nominalizations. We then find out which nominalizations are part of a main predicate, and when this is the case. Keywords: Cholón; subordination; nominalized main predicates; syntactical nominalizati

Contents:

Word Formation in South American Languages; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction and acknowledgments; 1. Zúñiga: Nominal compounds in mapudungun; 2. Tacconi: Towards a characterization of compounding in Maká (Mataco-Mataguayan); 3. Cúneo: Augmentative in Toba (Guaycuruan): Form and function; 4. Admiraal and Danielsen: Productive compounding in Baure (Arawakan); 5. Vuillermet: Two types of incorporation in Ese Ejja (Takanan); 6. van Gijn: Reduplication in Yurakaré (language isolate); 7. Hannß: Reduplication strategies in Kallawaya (mixed language)

8. Basso: Compounding in Kalapalo, a Southern Cariban language9. Alexander-Bakkerus: Nominalization in Cholón (Cholonan); 10 Acknowledgments; Nominal compounds in Mapudungun; 1. Introduction; 2. Basics of Mapudungun NP structure; 3. Nominal compounds; 3.1 The basics of nominal compounding; 3.2 Beyond the basics; 3.2.1 Potential quirks; 3.2.2 Smeets (2008); 3.3 Appositional constructions; 4 Conclusions; Abbreviations; Towards a characterization of compounding in Maká; 1. Introduction; 2. Characteristics of the Maká community and language; 3. Compounding in Maká: General features

4. Internal structure of compounds4.1 Noun + poss-Noun; 4.2 Attributive Predicate + poss-Noun; 4.3 poss-Noun + Attributive Predicate (unexpected order); 4.4 Negative Existential Predicate + poss-Noun; 4.5 Quantifier + Noun; 5. Composition in other languages from the Chaco region; 6. Conclusion; Abbreviations; Augmentative in Toba (Guaycuruan); 1. Introduction; 1.1 The Toba language; 1.2 Data sources and methodology; 1.3 Evaluative morphology; 2 The augmentative in Toba; 2.1 Morphological devices; 2.1.1 The (pejorative) augmentative suffix -naq; 2.1.2 The attributive suffix -day

3.1.3 Compounds with a linking morpheme3.1.4 Exocentric noun compounds; 3.1.5 Reverse compounds; 3.1.6 Coordinate compounds; 3.2 Locative compounds; 3.3 Adjectival and numeral compounds; 3.4 Classifier compounds; 3.5 Multiple root compounds; 3.6 Discussion of Type 1 compounds; 4. Mixed compounds and incorporation (Type 2); 4.1 Mixed compounds; 4.2 Incorporation of nouns and classifiers; 4.3 Discussion of Type 2 compounds; 5. Verbal compounds (Type 3); 5.1 Verbal compounds leading to grammaticalization of suffixation; 5.2 Verbal compounds with empty verb root

5.3 Discussion of Type 3 compounds

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027269669

9027269661

OCLC:

893740612