Relative clauses in languages of the Americas [[electronic resource] ] : a typological overview / / edited by Bernard Comrie, Zarina Estrada-Fernández

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 497
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Relative clauses; Complexity (Linguistics)
• Soggetto geografico: America Languages Research History
• Altri autori: ComrieBernard <1947-> Estrada FernándezZarina
• Note generali: Selected papers from Seminar on Linguistic Complexity held at the University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; Map of Languages Mentioned; Introduction; Toward a diachronic typology of relative clause; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Reconstruction methods; 2. From clause-chaining ('conjunction') to embedding; 3. From parenthetical to non-restrictive to embedded REL-clauses; 4. Making sense of nominalized REL-clauses; 5. A note on word-order; 6. Cleft and WH-questions: From parataxis to syntaxis; 7. Some tentative conclusions; Abbreviations; References ; The evolution of language and elaborateness of grammar1. Introduction; 2. Encoding the relative clause construction in the languages of the world; 3. How do creoles mark relativization?; 4. Simplification/complexification and language contact; 5. Discussion; Abbreviations; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; References; Some issues in the linking between syntax and semantics in relative clauses; 1. Introduction; 2. The RRG analysis of clause structure and the linking algorithm; 3. Externally-headed relative clauses; 4. Internally-headed relative clauses; 5. Conclusion; References; Part ii Uto-Aztecan ; Relative clauses and nominalizations in Yaqui1. Introduction; 2. Relative clauses; 2.1 Definition; 2.2 Relativization types; 3. Relative clauses in Yaqui; 3.1 Subject relativization; 3.2 Direct object relativization; 3.3 Indirect object relativization; 3.4 Oblique relativization; 3.5 Locative oblique relativization; 4. Nominalization properties of Yaqui RCls; 4.1 Nominal characteristics; 4.1.1 Subject-RCl marker: suffix -me; 4.1.2 Non-subject-RCl marker: suffix -'u; 4.1.3 Locative oblique-RCl marker-: suffix -'Vpo; 4.2 Verbal characteristics; 5. Relativization vs. nominalization ; 5.1 Relativization5.2 Nominalization; 6. Final remarks; References; On relative clauses and related constructions in Yaqui; 1. Introduction; 2. Characterizing Yaqui Rel-clauses; 2.1 Basic morpho-syntactic properties of Yaqui; 2.2 The internal syntax of Rel-clauses; 2.3 Other functions of the suffix -me; 3. The nature and function of Yaqui Rel-clauses; 4. Distinguishing relatives from complements; 5. Discussion; 6. Final remarks; References; From demonstrative to relative marker to clause linker; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic facts of the language ; 3. Subject and object relative clauses in Pima Bajo4. The comparative scenario and the origin of the relativizer -kig; 5. Oblique constructions: -kig as a path to a clause linker; 6. Final remarks: Typological properties and linguistic change; References; Functional underpinnings of diachrony in relative clause formation; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Relevant basic clause properties/Typological profile; 1.2 Possession in Northern paiute; 1.3 Nominalizers in Northern paiute; 2. Relative clauses in Northern Paiute: A typological profile; 2.1 Subject relative clauses: Basic properties ; 2.2 Object relative clauses: Basic properties
• Titolo autorizzato: Relative clauses in languages of the Americas
• ISBN: 1-283-59434-X; 9786613906793; 90-272-7339-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807926203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Typological Studies in Language