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Chapter 15. Verb inflection and valence in Zapotec

  • Natalie Operstein
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Valence Changes in Zapotec
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Abstract

This chapter examines several types of synchronic and diachronic connections between valence and verb inflection in Zapotec. Among the issues examined are the origin of the division of Zapotec verbs into four inflectional classes, the alignment between verb classes and valence, the origin of the suppletion in class D verb paradigms, and the origin of the replacive prefixes. Specifically, it is hypothesized that Zapotec verbs may originally have been divided into two classes, that class D arose out of aspect- and valence-based suppletion involving equipollent verb pairs of opposite valence, and that the transitive replacives *k- and *kʷ- both ultimately derive from the marker of the potential mood, in accordance with the diachronic typology of Zapotec.

Abstract

This chapter examines several types of synchronic and diachronic connections between valence and verb inflection in Zapotec. Among the issues examined are the origin of the division of Zapotec verbs into four inflectional classes, the alignment between verb classes and valence, the origin of the suppletion in class D verb paradigms, and the origin of the replacive prefixes. Specifically, it is hypothesized that Zapotec verbs may originally have been divided into two classes, that class D arose out of aspect- and valence-based suppletion involving equipollent verb pairs of opposite valence, and that the transitive replacives *k- and *kʷ- both ultimately derive from the marker of the potential mood, in accordance with the diachronic typology of Zapotec.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of Contributors vii
  4. List of abbreviations and special symbols ix
  5. Chapter 1. Foreword 1
  6. Chapter 2. Introduction 7
  7. Chapter 3. Valence-altering operations in zapotec 23
  8. Chapter 4. Valence alternations in the Tlacolula Valley Zapotec lexicon 55
  9. Chapter 5. Valence-changing morphology in San Dionisio Ocotepec Zapotec 79
  10. Chapter 6. Morphological valence-changing processes in Juchitán Zapotec 93
  11. Chapter 7. Valence-changing operations in Coatecas Altas Zapotec 117
  12. Chapter 8. Valency-changing devices in two Southern Zapotec languages 139
  13. Chapter 9. Valence-changing operations in Zaniza Zapotec 175
  14. Chapter 10. Agency and verb valence in Lachixío Zapotec 191
  15. Chapter 11. Changes in valence in San Andrés Yaá Zapotec 213
  16. Chapter 12. Causative morphology in Macuiltianguis Zapotec 237
  17. Chapter 13. Indirect object ‘lowering’ in San Bartolomé Zoogocho Zapotec 281
  18. Chapter 14. Zapotec reciprocals 297
  19. Chapter 15. Verb inflection and valence in Zapotec 323
  20. Chapter 16. Valence change 345
  21. Index 381
https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.110.15ope

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of Contributors vii
  4. List of abbreviations and special symbols ix
  5. Chapter 1. Foreword 1
  6. Chapter 2. Introduction 7
  7. Chapter 3. Valence-altering operations in zapotec 23
  8. Chapter 4. Valence alternations in the Tlacolula Valley Zapotec lexicon 55
  9. Chapter 5. Valence-changing morphology in San Dionisio Ocotepec Zapotec 79
  10. Chapter 6. Morphological valence-changing processes in Juchitán Zapotec 93
  11. Chapter 7. Valence-changing operations in Coatecas Altas Zapotec 117
  12. Chapter 8. Valency-changing devices in two Southern Zapotec languages 139
  13. Chapter 9. Valence-changing operations in Zaniza Zapotec 175
  14. Chapter 10. Agency and verb valence in Lachixío Zapotec 191
  15. Chapter 11. Changes in valence in San Andrés Yaá Zapotec 213
  16. Chapter 12. Causative morphology in Macuiltianguis Zapotec 237
  17. Chapter 13. Indirect object ‘lowering’ in San Bartolomé Zoogocho Zapotec 281
  18. Chapter 14. Zapotec reciprocals 297
  19. Chapter 15. Verb inflection and valence in Zapotec 323
  20. Chapter 16. Valence change 345
  21. Index 381
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