Relative clauses in Ecuadorian Quechua
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Pieter Muysken✝
Abstract
In this paper an attempt is made to analyze some of the strategies used in Ecuadorian Quechua to form relative clauses. The focus in the paper lies on the interaction between tense specification and specification of grammatical relations within the nominalized relative clause in several varieties of Ecuadorian Quechua. This interaction is modeled within the framework of Optimality Theory.
Abstract
In this paper an attempt is made to analyze some of the strategies used in Ecuadorian Quechua to form relative clauses. The focus in the paper lies on the interaction between tense specification and specification of grammatical relations within the nominalized relative clause in several varieties of Ecuadorian Quechua. This interaction is modeled within the framework of Optimality Theory.
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
