Complex sentences in Uchumataqu in a comparative perspective with Chipaya
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Katja Hannss
Abstract
The following article aims at providing an overview of complex sentences in Uchumataqu (Uru), including a brief comparison with subordination devices in the genetically related Chipaya language. The comparison seeks to provide an impression of the similarities and differences between subordination strategies in the two languages, and it will become apparent that there are some considerable differences which show that Uchumataqu and Chipaya represent different morphological types.
Abstract
The following article aims at providing an overview of complex sentences in Uchumataqu (Uru), including a brief comparison with subordination devices in the genetically related Chipaya language. The comparison seeks to provide an impression of the similarities and differences between subordination strategies in the two languages, and it will become apparent that there are some considerable differences which show that Uchumataqu and Chipaya represent different morphological types.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 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
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 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
