More on switch-reference in Kotiria (Wanano, East Tukano)
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Kristine Stenzel
Abstract
This article analyzes the reference-tracking and pragmatic functions of switch-reference marking in Kotiria (Wanano, East Tukano), building on previous studies (Longacre 1983), more recent analyses and description of the language, as well as extensive investigation of textual data. It offers an overview of Kotiria complex sentences, pinpointing the structural context for explicit switch-reference marking, discusses switch-reference marking in ‘tail-head’ linkage constructions, and examines the interaction of switch-reference marking with other means of participant reference identification in discourse: use of pronouns, definite lexical NPs, and nouns marked by the ‘contrastive subject’ suffix -se’e. It shows that Kotiria switch-reference has interacting reference-tracking and pragmatic discourse functions, and proposes a reformulated view of the overall organization of the system.
Abstract
This article analyzes the reference-tracking and pragmatic functions of switch-reference marking in Kotiria (Wanano, East Tukano), building on previous studies (Longacre 1983), more recent analyses and description of the language, as well as extensive investigation of textual data. It offers an overview of Kotiria complex sentences, pinpointing the structural context for explicit switch-reference marking, discusses switch-reference marking in ‘tail-head’ linkage constructions, and examines the interaction of switch-reference marking with other means of participant reference identification in discourse: use of pronouns, definite lexical NPs, and nouns marked by the ‘contrastive subject’ suffix -se’e. It shows that Kotiria switch-reference has interacting reference-tracking and pragmatic discourse functions, and proposes a reformulated view of the overall organization of the system.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Switch reference 1
- Some non-canonical switch reference systems and the fundamental functions of switch reference 55
- Is there switch-reference marking in coordinated clauses? 93
- Takic switch reference in Uto-Aztecan perspective 115
- Switch reference in Western South America 153
- Switch reference systems in the Barbacoan languages and their neighbors 207
- The zero-marked switch-reference system of the Papuan language Iatmul 231
- Discourse factors of switch-reference in Whitesands (Oceanic) 253
- Typologically relevant peculiarities of the switch reference system in Yukaghir 301
- Ėven converbs and the syntax of switch-reference 335
- Chickasaw switch-reference revisited 377
- More on switch-reference in Kotiria (Wanano, East Tukano) 425
- Switch-reference and case-marking in Aguaruna (Jivaroan) and beyond 453
- Target, embedding and switch-reference constructions in Kakataibo (Panoan, Peru) 473
- Language Index 493
- Author Index 495
- Subject Index 499
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Switch reference 1
- Some non-canonical switch reference systems and the fundamental functions of switch reference 55
- Is there switch-reference marking in coordinated clauses? 93
- Takic switch reference in Uto-Aztecan perspective 115
- Switch reference in Western South America 153
- Switch reference systems in the Barbacoan languages and their neighbors 207
- The zero-marked switch-reference system of the Papuan language Iatmul 231
- Discourse factors of switch-reference in Whitesands (Oceanic) 253
- Typologically relevant peculiarities of the switch reference system in Yukaghir 301
- Ėven converbs and the syntax of switch-reference 335
- Chickasaw switch-reference revisited 377
- More on switch-reference in Kotiria (Wanano, East Tukano) 425
- Switch-reference and case-marking in Aguaruna (Jivaroan) and beyond 453
- Target, embedding and switch-reference constructions in Kakataibo (Panoan, Peru) 473
- Language Index 493
- Author Index 495
- Subject Index 499
