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Typological Studies in Language Ser v.122
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Intro -- Nonverbal Predication in Amazonian Languages -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1. Nonverbal predication in Amazonia: Typological and diachronic considerations -- 1. Preliminaries -- 1.1 Defining nonverbal predication -- 1.2 What constitutes an Amazonian language? -- 2. Structural properties -- 2.1 Nonverbal predication that resembles verbal predication -- 2.2 Nonverbal predication that is distinct from verbal predication -- 2.3 Partially verbal copulas -- 2.4 Alternation and suppletion -- 3. Mapping semantic functions and structural strategies -- 4. Diachronic development of nonverbal clauses and copulas -- 4.1 A diachronic typology of nonverbal predication -- 4.2 Specific diachronic changes identified in Amazonian languages -- 4.3 Some problems of determining directionality -- 5. This volume -- Part I. Overviews of nonverbal predication in individual languages -- Part II. Exploring specific subtypes of nonverbal predicates -- Part III. Diachronic pathways to and from nonverbal predication -- Abbreviations and conventions -- References -- Part I. Overviews of nonverbal predication in individual languages: Overviews of nonverbal predication in individual languages -- Chapter 2. Nonverbal predication and the nonverbal clause type of Mojeño Trinitario -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Grammar overview -- 3. The expression of nonverbal predication in Mojeño Trinitario -- 3.1 Equation (or identity) -- 3.2 Inclusion -- 3.3 Attribution -- 3.4 Quantification -- 3.5 Location -- 3.6 Temporality -- 3.7 Existence -- 3.8 Possession -- 4. The nonverbal clause type of Mojeño Trinitario -- 4.1 Properties shared with the verbal clause type -- 4.2 Properties specific to the nonverbal clause type -- 5. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 3. Nonverbal predication in Paresi-Haliti -- 1. Introduction
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2. Typological approach to nonverbal predication -- 3. Nouns, verbs and adjectives in Paresi -- 4. Copulas tyaona and aka -- 5. Class-membership predicates -- 6. Possessive predicates -- 7. Property-concept predicates -- 8. Locational/ existential predicates -- 9. Negation of nonverbal predicates -- 10. Final considerations -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 4. Nonverbal predication in Kari'nja (Cariban, Suriname): Nonverbal predication in Kari'nja (Cariban, Suriname) -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Nonverbal predicate forms -- 1.2 Functional categories of nonverbal predication -- 1.3 Demographics -- 2. Kari'nja nonverbal predication -- 2.1 Apposition -- 2.2 Copula -- 2.3 Verbal copula -- 2.4 Constructions compared -- 3. Conclusions and future work -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 5. Nonverbal predicates and copula constructions in Aguaruna (Chicham) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Clause types in Aguaruna -- 2.1 Transitivity and grammatical relations -- 2.2 Finiteness -- 3. Copula clauses -- 4. The enclitic copula construction -- 4.1 Person and number of subject -- 4.2 Tense and aspect -- 4.3 Mood -- 4.4 Polarity -- 4.5 Non finite clause types -- 4.6 Summary of the enclitic copula construction -- 5. The verbless clause construction -- 6. The verbal copula -- 6.1 Copula and existential -- 6.2 Other copula verbs -- 7. Copula constructions beyond copula clauses -- 8. Concluding comments -- Abbreviations and conventions -- References -- Chapter 6. To hi or not to hi?: Nonverbal predication with and without the copula in Kotiria and Wa'ikhana (East Tukano) -- Introduction -- 1. The copulas hi/ihi -- 1.1 To hi: Copular sentences with nominal predicates -- 1.2 To hi: Copular sentences with locative predicates -- 1.3 And still to hi: Nominalized 'adjectival' predicates in copular clauses -- 1.4 Morphology with the copula
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1.5 Derivations from the copula -- 2. Or not to hi: Copula alternatives -- 2.1 Positional-locative predicates -- 2.2 Negation of the copula and predicates of 'non-existence' -- 2.3 Predicate possession verbs -- 3. To hi, not to hi, or to ni! - the East Tukano copula as an auxiliary -- 4. Summary and concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 7. Between verb and noun: Exploration into the domain of nonverbal predication in Ecuadorian Secoya -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Verb inflection, insubordination, and nominalization -- 3. Predicative means in nonverbal predication -- 3.1 Particle copula -a- -- 3.2 Locative-existential copula verb p̰aɁi- -- 3.3 Affiliation participle a- -- 3.4 Attributive participle kɨ'i- -- 4. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- Glosses and abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 8. Nonverbal predication in Movima -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Outline of Movima basic clause structure -- 3. Distinguishing verbal from nonverbal predicates: The marking of embedded predicates -- 3. Distinguishing verbal from nonverbal predicates: The marking of embedded predicates -- 4. Nominal predicates -- 4.1 Equational clauses -- 4.2 Reduplicated nouns as possessive predicates -- 5. Other nonverbal predicates -- 5.1 Demonstrative predicates -- 5.2 Locative adverbs as predicates -- 5.3 The negative copula -- 6. Pronominal predicates -- 6.1 Personal pronouns as stand-alone predicates -- 6.2 Pronominal predicates with an adverbial clause -- 6.3 Pronominal predicates with a bare content word: The pronominal construction -- 6.3 Pronominal predicates with a bare content word: The pronominal construction -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Symbols and abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 9. Nonverbal predication in Ninam (northern Brazil): Nonverbal predication in Ninam (northern Brazil) -- 1. Introduction
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1.1 Basic sentence structure -- 1.2 Verb classes -- 2. Nonverbal predication -- 2.1 Nonverbal predicates with a copula -- 2.2 Nonverbal clauses -- 3. Status of adjectives as a distinct word class -- 4. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- References -- Part II. Exploring specific subtypes of nonverbal predicates: Exploring specific subtypes of nonverbal predicates -- Chapter 10. Locative, existential and possessive predication in the Chaco: Nivaĉle (Mataguayan) and Pilagá (Guaykuruan) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nivaĉle preliminaries -- Determiner phrase -- Predicate phrase -- 3. The Nivaĉle locative predication construction -- 4. Nivaĉle existential constructions -- 5. Nivaĉle possessive predication constructions -- 5.1 type i possessive predication construction (Heine's Genitive schema) -- 5.2 type ii possessive predication construction (Heine's Goal schema) -- 5.3 negative possessive predication construction -- 5.4 Bi-clausal be.at construction -- 6. Pilagá nonverbal predications -- 7. The Pilagá affirmative locative predication construction -- 8. The Pilagá affirmative existential construction -- 9. Pilagá affirmative possessive predication constructions -- 10. Pilagá negative constructions -- 11. Conclusions and contact issues -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 11. Possessive semantic relations and construction types in Kukama-Kukamiria: Possessive semantic relations and construction types in Kukama-Kukamiria -- 1. The Kukama-Kukamirias -- 1.1 Ownership among the Kukama-Kukamirias -- 1.2 The language and the data -- 2. Semantic possession relations and construction types -- 3. Possession in Kukama-Kukamiria -- 3.1 Equative construction -- 3.2 Existential constructions -- 4. Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- References
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Part III. Diachronic pathways to and from nonverbal predication: Diachronic pathways to and from nonverbal predication -- Chapter 12. Constructions with has(a) in Wampis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brief background of the Wampis language -- 3. Copular constructions in Wampis -- 4. The verb has(a) in Wampis -- 5. On the diachrony of has(a) 'become' -- 6. The form and meaning of has(a) in Wampis -- 6.1 has(a) as a verb -- 6.2 Particularities and restrictions of has(a) -- 7. Has as a particle: NP/ADJP has V -- 8. Further developments of has -- 8.1 The construction NP NP/AdjP has -- 8.2 Temporal and locational uses of has -- 9. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 13. Evidence for the development of action nominals in Awetí towards ergatively-marked predicates: Evidence for the development of action nominals in Awetí towards ergatively-marked predicates -- 1 Introduction -- 2. Predicate nominal clauses -- 3. Verbal clauses -- 4. Action nominal constructions (ANCs) -- 4.1 Morphological form -- 4.2 Argument structure of ANCs -- 4.3 Use of ANCs inside the NP -- 5. ANCs as main clause predicates -- 6. Development of ANCs in main clause function towards verbal function -- 7. Discussion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 14. Reconstructing the copulas and nonverbal predicate constructions in Cariban -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Syntax of nonverbal predicates in the Cariban family -- 2.1 The juxtaposition construction: NP predicates with no copula -- 2.2 Copular constructions: Adverbial predicates (PP or Adverb) -- 2.3 Existential constructions -- 2.4 Other constructions that use the copula (in more of an auxiliary function) -- 3. Morphology of copulas in the Cariban family -- 3.1 Reconstructing three inflections with *a/*ap 'cop1' -- 3.2 Reconstructing *eti 'dwell' 〉 'cop2' -- 3.3 Looking for more cognates: Relic zones
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4. A first approximation of the story of copular innovation in Cariban
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ISBN 9789027200525
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe International Conference Amazônicas (5. : 2014 : Belém) Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018 ISBN 9789027200525
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