Verbal applicatives in Nuuchahnulth
- In this article, I provide a description and analysis of the morphemes čiɫ 'do to', ḥta 'do towards' and cḥin 'do for' in the Southern Wakashan language Nuuchahnulth (nuučaan̓uɫ). I argue that these morphemes are verbal applicatives that add a non-core argument to the thematic structure of a verb. Verbal applicatives in Nuuchahnulth are interesting to investigate because they exhibit typologically unique behaviour that has never been studied before. Applicatives are traditionally considered functional elements whose only purpose is to add an indirect object to the argument structure of the verb (Pylkkanen 2002:17). Nuuchahnulth is the only known language that productively uses independent verbs for this purpose. Nuuchahnulth is an indigenous language of Canada spoken in the province of British Columbia. It consists of 14 major dialects, most of which have never been studied. All of these dialects are now highly endangered and urgently need to be documented.
Author: | Olga Steriopolo |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-382343 |
URL: | http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/zaspil.html |
ISSN: | 1435-9588 |
ISSN: | 0947-7055 |
Parent Title (Multiple languages): | Byproducts and side effects : Nebenprodukte und Nebeneffekte |
Publisher: | Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft |
Place of publication: | Berlin |
Document Type: | Part of a Book |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2015 |
Year of first Publication: | 2015 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2015/09/17 |
GND Keyword: | Wakash-Sprachen; Nootka; Applikativ |
Volume: | 58 |
Page Number: | 35 |
First Page: | 72 |
Last Page: | 106 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 381130231 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 49 Andere Sprachen / 490 Andere Sprachen |
Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Semantik / Semantics |
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | ZAS papers in linguistics : ZASPiL / ZASPiL 58 = Byproducts and side effects : Nebenprodukte und Nebeneffekte |
: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-382302 |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |