Clause embedding strategies in Baure (Arawakan)
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Swintha Danielsen
Abstract
This article is a survey of clause linking strategies in the South Arawakan language Baure. Since both coordinate and subordinate adjoined clauses are similar to main clauses, the major focus of the paper is on embedded clauses. Embedded clauses, which are formed by means of nominalization of the predicate, include relative clauses and complement clauses. The specific embedding strategies are contrasted structurally and semantically, which reveals how similar relative and complement clauses are in Baure.
Abstract
This article is a survey of clause linking strategies in the South Arawakan language Baure. Since both coordinate and subordinate adjoined clauses are similar to main clauses, the major focus of the paper is on embedded clauses. Embedded clauses, which are formed by means of nominalization of the predicate, include relative clauses and complement clauses. The specific embedding strategies are contrasted structurally and semantically, which reveals how similar relative and complement clauses are in Baure.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Subordination in South America 1
- Subordinate adverbial constructions in Mekens 25
- Relative clauses in Mẽbengokre 45
- Clause embedding strategies in Baure (Arawakan) 79
- Subordinate clauses, switch-reference, and tail-head linkage in Cavineña narratives 109
- Referring to states and events 141
- Semantic and grammatical integration in Yurakaré subordination 169
- Subordination in Cholón 193
- Cofán subordinate clauses in a typology of subordination 221
- Relative clauses in Ecuadorian Quechua 251
- Participial clauses in Tarma Quechua 267
- Complex sentences in Uchumataqu in a comparative perspective with Chipaya 281
- Author index 307
- Language index 309
- Subject index 313
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Subordination in South America 1
- Subordinate adverbial constructions in Mekens 25
- Relative clauses in Mẽbengokre 45
- Clause embedding strategies in Baure (Arawakan) 79
- Subordinate clauses, switch-reference, and tail-head linkage in Cavineña narratives 109
- Referring to states and events 141
- Semantic and grammatical integration in Yurakaré subordination 169
- Subordination in Cholón 193
- Cofán subordinate clauses in a typology of subordination 221
- Relative clauses in Ecuadorian Quechua 251
- Participial clauses in Tarma Quechua 267
- Complex sentences in Uchumataqu in a comparative perspective with Chipaya 281
- Author index 307
- Language index 309
- Subject index 313
