Expressing directional caused accompanied motion in Movima
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Katharina Haude
Abstract
In Movima (isolate, Bolivia), caused accompanied motion is typically expressed with two verbs: jiwa-ɬe ‘bring’ and joy-ɬe ‘take’. They are composed of a root denoting directional motion (jiwa-‘come’ and joy‑ ‘go’) and an applicative suffix expressing causation and accompaniment (-ɬe). The core arguments of these bivalent verbs are agent and theme, whereas the goal is optionally expressed by an oblique-marked constituent. Manner of motion or transportation is not included in the semantics of these verbs; if specified at all, it is expressed in a separate clause. Besides providing a detailed description of the morphological, syntactic and semantic properties of these two verbs, the chapter also investigates other, more marginal strategies to express directed, caused, and/or accompanied motion in Movima.
Abstract
In Movima (isolate, Bolivia), caused accompanied motion is typically expressed with two verbs: jiwa-ɬe ‘bring’ and joy-ɬe ‘take’. They are composed of a root denoting directional motion (jiwa-‘come’ and joy‑ ‘go’) and an applicative suffix expressing causation and accompaniment (-ɬe). The core arguments of these bivalent verbs are agent and theme, whereas the goal is optionally expressed by an oblique-marked constituent. Manner of motion or transportation is not included in the semantics of these verbs; if specified at all, it is expressed in a separate clause. Besides providing a detailed description of the morphological, syntactic and semantic properties of these two verbs, the chapter also investigates other, more marginal strategies to express directed, caused, and/or accompanied motion in Movima.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface and acknowledgements vii
- Bringing and taking 1
- Caused accompanied motion in Bora 43
- The expression of directed caused accompanied motion (CAM) events in Chipaya 57
- Expressing directional caused accompanied motion in Movima 77
- The expression of directed caused accompanied motion events in Yurakaré 101
- Directed caused accompanied motion events in Saliba-Logea 147
- Directed caused accompanied motion events in Sudest, an Oceanic language with classificatory verbs 187
- Expressions of directed caused accompanied motion events in Totoli, a western Austronesian language of Indonesia 219
- Caused accompanied motion constructions in Vera’a 243
- Expressions of directed caused accompanied motion in Komnzo 273
- The expression of directed caused accompanied motion events in Savosavo 301
- Expressing events of directed caused accompanied motion in Qaqet 341
- Expressions of directed caused accompanied motion events in Yali 369
- Events of caused accompanied motion in Qaqet and Dëne Sųłıné child language corpora 397
- Index 435
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface and acknowledgements vii
- Bringing and taking 1
- Caused accompanied motion in Bora 43
- The expression of directed caused accompanied motion (CAM) events in Chipaya 57
- Expressing directional caused accompanied motion in Movima 77
- The expression of directed caused accompanied motion events in Yurakaré 101
- Directed caused accompanied motion events in Saliba-Logea 147
- Directed caused accompanied motion events in Sudest, an Oceanic language with classificatory verbs 187
- Expressions of directed caused accompanied motion events in Totoli, a western Austronesian language of Indonesia 219
- Caused accompanied motion constructions in Vera’a 243
- Expressions of directed caused accompanied motion in Komnzo 273
- The expression of directed caused accompanied motion events in Savosavo 301
- Expressing events of directed caused accompanied motion in Qaqet 341
- Expressions of directed caused accompanied motion events in Yali 369
- Events of caused accompanied motion in Qaqet and Dëne Sųłıné child language corpora 397
- Index 435
