17 Number in the languages of South America
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Olga Krasnoukhova
Abstract
This chapter offers a typological overview of the number category in the indigenous languages of South America (SA). The focus is placed on number in independent personal pronouns and on nouns, as well as on verbal number. The discussion is centered around tendencies and patterns that SA languages show in number marking in the (pro)nominal and verbal domains. Whenever relevant, SA data are situated in a larger cross-linguistic context. The section on verbal number constitutes a first comparative account of this phenomenon in SA languages. It is shown that both types of verbal number (i.e. event number and participant number) are widespread in SA, occurring in most language families surveyed. Teasing apart verbal number (of the participant plurality type) and nominal number manifested on the verb (argument indexing) turns out to be an interesting challenge for SA, with many intermediate cases.
Abstract
This chapter offers a typological overview of the number category in the indigenous languages of South America (SA). The focus is placed on number in independent personal pronouns and on nouns, as well as on verbal number. The discussion is centered around tendencies and patterns that SA languages show in number marking in the (pro)nominal and verbal domains. Whenever relevant, SA data are situated in a larger cross-linguistic context. The section on verbal number constitutes a first comparative account of this phenomenon in SA languages. It is shown that both types of verbal number (i.e. event number and participant number) are widespread in SA, occurring in most language families surveyed. Teasing apart verbal number (of the participant plurality type) and nominal number manifested on the verb (argument indexing) turns out to be an interesting challenge for SA, with many intermediate cases.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of authors ix
- 1 Number in the World’s Languages: Configuring the variation space 1
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I Africa
- 2 Number in Eastern Dan 27
- 3 Number marking in Karko and Nilo-Saharan 63
- 4 Number in Tswana 107
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II Europe and Middle East
- 5 Number in Arabic 131
- 6 Number in Occitan 167
- 7 Number in Slovenian 187
- 8 Number in West Circassian 261
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III Northern Eurasia
- 9 Number in Ket (Yeniseian) 307
- 10 Number in Nganasan 351
- 11 Number in Nivkh 375
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IV Pacific and Australia
- 12 Number in Gooniyandi 427
- 13 Number in Indonesian 457
- 14 Number in Japonic Family 505
- 15 Number in the Languages of the Lower Sepik Family 529
- 16 Number in Marori 577
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V Americas
- 17 Number in the languages of South America 609
- 18 The category of number in Kakataibo (Panoan) 671
- 19 Grammatical simplexity: Number in Kiowa 693
- 20 Number in Mohawk (Iroquoian) 729
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VI Further perspectives on linguistic diversity
- 21 Contact languages: A survey 767
- 22 Number in Russian Sign Language 805
- 23 Number in grammar: results and perspectives 833
- Terms 911
- Languages and language families 917
- Authors 927
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of authors ix
- 1 Number in the World’s Languages: Configuring the variation space 1
-
I Africa
- 2 Number in Eastern Dan 27
- 3 Number marking in Karko and Nilo-Saharan 63
- 4 Number in Tswana 107
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II Europe and Middle East
- 5 Number in Arabic 131
- 6 Number in Occitan 167
- 7 Number in Slovenian 187
- 8 Number in West Circassian 261
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III Northern Eurasia
- 9 Number in Ket (Yeniseian) 307
- 10 Number in Nganasan 351
- 11 Number in Nivkh 375
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IV Pacific and Australia
- 12 Number in Gooniyandi 427
- 13 Number in Indonesian 457
- 14 Number in Japonic Family 505
- 15 Number in the Languages of the Lower Sepik Family 529
- 16 Number in Marori 577
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V Americas
- 17 Number in the languages of South America 609
- 18 The category of number in Kakataibo (Panoan) 671
- 19 Grammatical simplexity: Number in Kiowa 693
- 20 Number in Mohawk (Iroquoian) 729
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VI Further perspectives on linguistic diversity
- 21 Contact languages: A survey 767
- 22 Number in Russian Sign Language 805
- 23 Number in grammar: results and perspectives 833
- Terms 911
- Languages and language families 917
- Authors 927
