Referential markers in Oceanic nominalized constructions
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Claire Moyse-Faurie
Abstract
Nominalized constructions are a very frequent phenomenon in Oceanic languages, used in nominal, relative, or imperative clauses as arguments, adjuncts, or the prototypical expression of exclamations. I provide evidence that contrary to widespread views, tense, negation, and aspect markers do occur in nominalizations. I then examine restrictions on the occurrence of these markers, as well as of some articles, and try to find historical explanations. Lastly, I show that hierarchical constraints often formulated for nominalization and deverbalization processes do not fully apply to Oceanic languages, since the occurrence of tense and aspect markers is not only attested in lexical nominalizations but is also quite frequent in phrasal and clausal nominalizations, that is, at the syntactic and discourse levels as well.
Abstract
Nominalized constructions are a very frequent phenomenon in Oceanic languages, used in nominal, relative, or imperative clauses as arguments, adjuncts, or the prototypical expression of exclamations. I provide evidence that contrary to widespread views, tense, negation, and aspect markers do occur in nominalizations. I then examine restrictions on the occurrence of these markers, as well as of some articles, and try to find historical explanations. Lastly, I show that hierarchical constraints often formulated for nominalization and deverbalization processes do not fully apply to Oceanic languages, since the occurrence of tense and aspect markers is not only attested in lexical nominalizations but is also quite frequent in phrasal and clausal nominalizations, that is, at the syntactic and discourse levels as well.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Finiteness and nominalization 1
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PART I. Finiteness, nominalization and information structure
- Finiteness, nominalization, and information structure 13
- Exploring finiteness and non-finiteness in Pima Bajo (Uto-Aztecan) 43
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PART II. Correlation between continuum of finiteness and scale from dependent to independent clause
- Finiteness in Haruai 71
- Non-finite chain-medial clauses on the continuum of finiteness in Purepecha 83
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PART III. Nominalization structures and their relation to the scale of finiteness
- The evolution of grammatical nominalizations in Cahita languages 107
- On the tightrope between infinitives and action nouns 141
- Referential markers in Oceanic nominalized constructions 171
- The role of nominalization in theticity 205
- On non-finiteness and canonical imperatives 243
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PART IV. Diachronic process: re-finitization and finitization
- Nominalization and re-finitization 271
- Shifting finiteness in nominalization 297
- The Manner converb in Beja (Cushitic) and its refinitization 323
- On finitization 345
- Language Index 371
- Name Index 373
- Subject Index 377
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Finiteness and nominalization 1
-
PART I. Finiteness, nominalization and information structure
- Finiteness, nominalization, and information structure 13
- Exploring finiteness and non-finiteness in Pima Bajo (Uto-Aztecan) 43
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PART II. Correlation between continuum of finiteness and scale from dependent to independent clause
- Finiteness in Haruai 71
- Non-finite chain-medial clauses on the continuum of finiteness in Purepecha 83
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PART III. Nominalization structures and their relation to the scale of finiteness
- The evolution of grammatical nominalizations in Cahita languages 107
- On the tightrope between infinitives and action nouns 141
- Referential markers in Oceanic nominalized constructions 171
- The role of nominalization in theticity 205
- On non-finiteness and canonical imperatives 243
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PART IV. Diachronic process: re-finitization and finitization
- Nominalization and re-finitization 271
- Shifting finiteness in nominalization 297
- The Manner converb in Beja (Cushitic) and its refinitization 323
- On finitization 345
- Language Index 371
- Name Index 373
- Subject Index 377
