Amazonian Linguistics

Studies in Lowland South American Languages
Herausgeber: Payne, Doris L.

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Produktbeschreibung

Lowland South American languages have been among the least studied ln the world. Consequently, their previous contribution to linguistic theory and language universals has been small. However, as this volume demonstrates, tremendous diversity and significance are found in the languages of this region. These nineteen essays, originally presented at a conference on Amazonian languages held at the University of Oregon, offer new information on the Tupian, Cariban, Jivaroan, Nambiquaran, Arawakan, Tucanoan, and Makuan languages and new analyses of previously recalcitrant Tupí-Guaraní verb agreement systems. The studies are descriptive, but typological and theoretical implications are consistently considered. Authors invariably indicate where previous claims must be adjusted based on the new information presented. This is true in the areas of nonlinear phonological theory, verb agreement systems and ergativity, grammatical relations and incorporation, and the uniqueness of Amazonian noun classification systems. The studies also contribute to the now extensive interest in grammatical change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 584
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 936g
• ISBN-13: 9780292723641
• ISBN-10: 0292723644
• Artikelnr.: 29017611

Autorenporträt

Edited by Doris L. Payne

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preface
2. List of Contributors
3. Introduction (Doris L. Payne)
4. I. Historical and Comparative Studies
* Language History in South America: What We Know and How to Know More
(Terrence Kaufman)
* Some Widespread Grammatical Forms in South American Languages (David
L. Payne)
* Valence-Changing Affixes in Maipuran Arawakan Languages (Mary Ruth
Wise)
* Cross-Referencing Changes in Some Tupí-Guaraní Languages (Cheryl
Jensen)
5. II. Stress and Pitch-Accent Systems
* Accent in Aguaruna (David L. Payne)
* Asheninca Stress Patterns (Judith Payne)
6. III. Morphological Studies
* Morphological Characteristics of Lowland South American Languages
(Doris L. Payne)
* Noun Classification Systems of Amazonian Languages (Desmond C.
Derbyshire and Doris L. Payne)
* Classifiers in Tuyuca (Janet Barnes)
* Chiriguano and Guarayo Word Formation (Wolf Dietrich)
* Incorporation in Nadëb (E. M. Helen Weir)
7. IV. Transitivity and Grammatical Relations
* Kamaiurá (Tupí-Guaraní) as an Active-Stative Language (Lucy Seki)
* You and I = Neither You nor I: The Personal System of Tupinambá
(Tupí-Guaraní) (Aryon D. Rodrigues)
* Ergativity and Nominativity in Kuikúro and Other Carib Languages
(Bruna Franchetto)
* Transitivity and Ergativity in Panare (Thomas E. Payne)
8. V. Morphosyntax in Its Wider Context
* The Positioning of Non-pronominal Clitics and Particles in Lowland
South American Languages (Robert A. Dooley)
* The Non-modal Particles of the Carib Language of Surinam and Their
Influence on Constituent Order (Berend J. Hoff)
* Cause and Reason in Nambiquara (Ivan Lowe )