Nominalization in languages of the Americas / edited by Roberto Zariquiey, Masayoshi Shibatani, David W. Fleck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zariquiey, Roberto, editor.

Shibatani, Masayoshi, editor.

Fleck, David W. (David William), 1969- editor.

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 124.

Typological studies in language (TSL), 0167-7373 ; volume 124

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

America--Languages.

America.

Language and languages.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Nominals.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Noun.

Physical Description:

vii, 662 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]

Summary:

"Recent scholarship has confirmed earlier observations that nominalization plays a crucial role in the formation of complex constructions in the world's languages. Grammatical nominalizations are one of the most salient and widespread features of languages of the Americas, yet they have not been approached as foundational grammatical structures for constructions such as relative clauses and complement clauses. This is due to an imbalance in past scholarship, which has tended to focus on these constructions at the expense of the nominalization structures underlying them. The papers in this collection treat grammatical nominalizations in their own right, and as a starting point for the investigation of their uses in complex grammatical structures. A representative sample of Amerindian languages, with focus on South America, examines properties of grammatical nominalizations such as their multiple functions, their internal and external syntax, and their diachronic development. Among the far-reaching theoretical conclusions reached by the studies in this volume is that the various types of relative clauses recognized in the typological literature are actually no more than epiphenomena arising from the different uses of grammatical nominalizations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Nominalization in languages of the Americas : an introduction / Roberto Zariquiey, Masayoshi Shibatani and David W. Fleck

What is nominalization? towards the theoretical foundations of nominalization / Masayoshi Shibatani

Nominalization in cross-linguistic diachronic perspective / Sonia Cristofaro

Case markers as subordinators in South American indigenous languages / Rik van Gijn

Nominalized constructions with argument functions in the languages of the Chaco : a contribution to the typology of indigenous South American languages / Lucia A. Golluscio, Felipe Hasler and Willem de Reuse

Nominalization in Central Alaskan Yup'ik / Yuki-Shige Tamura

The "relative" illusion and the origin of non-subject nominalizers in Cahita (Uto-Aztecan) / Albert Álvarez González

On habitual periphrasis in Cuzco Quechua / Rammie Cahlon

Life of = ti : use and grammaticalization of a clausal nominalizer in Yurakaré / Sonja Gipper and Foong Ha Yap

The rise of the nominalizations : the case of the grammaticalization of clause types in Ecuadorian / Siona Martine Bruil

Form and functions of nominalization in Wampis / Jaime Peña

Nominalization in Harakmbut / An Van linden

Nominalization in Shawi/Chayahuita / Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia

Clausal nominalization in Kakataibo (Panoan) / Daniel Valle and Roberto Zariquiey

Nominalization and switch-reference in Iskonawa (Panoan, Peru) / Roberto Zariquiey

Lexicalized nominalized clauses in Matses (Panoan) / David W. Fleck

Nominalization and its pervasiveness in Xavante / Adriana M. Estevam

Innovation in nominalization in Tupí-Guaraní languages : a comparative analysis of Tupinambá, Apyãwa and Nheengatú / Aline da Cruz and Walkíria Neiva Praça.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Online version: Nominalization in the languages of the Americas

ISBN:

9789027202444

9027202443

OCLC:

1079405465