Compounding in Kalapalo, a Southern Cariban language
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Ellen B. Basso
Abstract
Compounds in the Southern Cariban language Kalapalo include (a) extended verb stems formed by nominal roots prefixed to basic verb stems and more commonly (b) clitic clustering involving two or more members of one of the four different semantic types of this word class. Clitic compounds have important syntactic and semantic functions in the context of clause chaining and interclausal reference marking. Keywords: compounding; extended verb stems; clitic clustering; interclausal reference marking; switch-reference
Abstract
Compounds in the Southern Cariban language Kalapalo include (a) extended verb stems formed by nominal roots prefixed to basic verb stems and more commonly (b) clitic clustering involving two or more members of one of the four different semantic types of this word class. Clitic compounds have important syntactic and semantic functions in the context of clause chaining and interclausal reference marking. Keywords: compounding; extended verb stems; clitic clustering; interclausal reference marking; switch-reference
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction and acknowledgments 1
- Nominal compounds in Mapudungun 11
- Towards a characterization of compounding in Maká 33
- Augmentative in Toba (Guaycuruan) 51
- Productive compounding in Baure (Arawakan) 79
- Two types of incorporation in Ese Ejja (Takanan) 113
- Reduplication in Yurakaré 143
- Reduplication strategies in Kallawaya 163
- Compounding in Kalapalo, a Southern Cariban language 181
- Nominalization in Cholón 207
- Index 225
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction and acknowledgments 1
- Nominal compounds in Mapudungun 11
- Towards a characterization of compounding in Maká 33
- Augmentative in Toba (Guaycuruan) 51
- Productive compounding in Baure (Arawakan) 79
- Two types of incorporation in Ese Ejja (Takanan) 113
- Reduplication in Yurakaré 143
- Reduplication strategies in Kallawaya 163
- Compounding in Kalapalo, a Southern Cariban language 181
- Nominalization in Cholón 207
- Index 225
