Transitivity and valency-changing operations in Huasteca Nahuatl
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Manuel Peregrina Llanes
Abstract
This paper focuses on valency-changing operations in Huasteca Nahuatl. Regarding valency-increasing operations, it is shown that the suffix -lti/-ti/-tia is used for causativization of intransitive verbs, and that applicativization is marked by the suffix -lia/-li/-l. Regarding valency-decreasing operations, the prefix mo- shows a wide range of functions, covering reflexive, reciprocal, middle, impersonal and passive meanings. This paper also demonstrates that valency-changing operators in Huasteca Nahuatl can be used without changing the valency of the base verb, thus indicating that these markers are in fact transitivity-changing operators, not always valency-changing operators. The processes of autocausativization, antipassivization and noun incorporation in Huasteca Nahuatl are also addressed, particularly their effects on transitivity and valency.
Abstract
This paper focuses on valency-changing operations in Huasteca Nahuatl. Regarding valency-increasing operations, it is shown that the suffix -lti/-ti/-tia is used for causativization of intransitive verbs, and that applicativization is marked by the suffix -lia/-li/-l. Regarding valency-decreasing operations, the prefix mo- shows a wide range of functions, covering reflexive, reciprocal, middle, impersonal and passive meanings. This paper also demonstrates that valency-changing operators in Huasteca Nahuatl can be used without changing the valency of the base verb, thus indicating that these markers are in fact transitivity-changing operators, not always valency-changing operators. The processes of autocausativization, antipassivization and noun incorporation in Huasteca Nahuatl are also addressed, particularly their effects on transitivity and valency.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of abbreviations vii
- Preface ix
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Part I. Theoretical perspectives on verb valency change
- Markedness effects in applicative formation 3
- Morphosyntactic defectiveness in complex predicate formation 31
- Two types of locative alternation 51
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Part II. Verb valency changes across languages
- Transitivity and valency-changing operations in Huasteca Nahuatl 81
- The semantics of Nahuatl tla- constructions 107
- Valency-changing operations in Yaqui resultatives 133
- Tlachichilco Tepehua 165
- A panorama of valency changing operations in Seri 193
- The antipassive marking in Mocoví 227
- Arabic ‘labile verbs’ in form III 257
- Valency-decreasing operations in a valency-increasing language? 285
- Language index 305
- Subject index 307
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of abbreviations vii
- Preface ix
-
Part I. Theoretical perspectives on verb valency change
- Markedness effects in applicative formation 3
- Morphosyntactic defectiveness in complex predicate formation 31
- Two types of locative alternation 51
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Part II. Verb valency changes across languages
- Transitivity and valency-changing operations in Huasteca Nahuatl 81
- The semantics of Nahuatl tla- constructions 107
- Valency-changing operations in Yaqui resultatives 133
- Tlachichilco Tepehua 165
- A panorama of valency changing operations in Seri 193
- The antipassive marking in Mocoví 227
- Arabic ‘labile verbs’ in form III 257
- Valency-decreasing operations in a valency-increasing language? 285
- Language index 305
- Subject index 307
