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The derivational use of classifiers in Western Amazonia

  • Françoise Rose und An Van linden
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Binominal Lexemes in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
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Abstract

Western Amazonian languages stand out in having classifiers that - in addition to the well-established classifier environments - also appear as derivational devices on nouns. Since classifiers are commonly assumed to originate in nouns, classifier languages confront us with an analytical problem in the domain of binominals, i.e. how to distinguish between the derivational use of classifiers on nouns, and noun-noun compounds. The present paper addresses this problem on the basis of primary data from Harakmbut (isolate, Peru) and Mojeno Trinitario (Arawak, Bolivia), two unrelated Western Amazonian languages. As a factor bearing on this problem, we show that in both languages the noun/classifier distinction is blurred by the fact that there is a class of nouns that share many features with the canonical classifiers, i.e. that of bound nouns. In this paper, we discuss how noun-classifier derivation differs from noun-noun compounding, or classifiers from bound nouns for that matter, at the phonological, semantic and syntactic levels in both languages.

Abstract

Western Amazonian languages stand out in having classifiers that - in addition to the well-established classifier environments - also appear as derivational devices on nouns. Since classifiers are commonly assumed to originate in nouns, classifier languages confront us with an analytical problem in the domain of binominals, i.e. how to distinguish between the derivational use of classifiers on nouns, and noun-noun compounds. The present paper addresses this problem on the basis of primary data from Harakmbut (isolate, Peru) and Mojeno Trinitario (Arawak, Bolivia), two unrelated Western Amazonian languages. As a factor bearing on this problem, we show that in both languages the noun/classifier distinction is blurred by the fact that there is a class of nouns that share many features with the canonical classifiers, i.e. that of bound nouns. In this paper, we discuss how noun-classifier derivation differs from noun-noun compounding, or classifiers from bound nouns for that matter, at the phonological, semantic and syntactic levels in both languages.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Exploring complex lexemes cross-linguistically 1
  4. Part 1: Form (morphosyntactic strategies)
  5. Defining and typologizing binominal lexemes 21
  6. Binominals and construct marking 73
  7. Compounds and other nominal modifier constructions in Pama-Nyungan languages 103
  8. New types of binominal lexeme in Anindilyakwa (Australia) 153
  9. Binominals in Äiwoo: Compounds, possessive constructions, and transitional cases 181
  10. NN.gen and NArel juxtapositions in Polish: Syntactic schemas employed in building phrasal nouns 213
  11. The derivational use of classifiers in Western Amazonia 237
  12. Binominals denoting instruments: A contrastive perspective 277
  13. Part 2: Meaning (semantic relations)
  14. Hatcher-Bourque: Towards a reusable classification of semantic relations 303
  15. Binominal strategies and semantic correlations in Turkic languages 355
  16. A classification of compounds in Karachay-Balkar 381
  17. Binominal lexemes in Moksha and Hill Mari 401
  18. Part 3: Acquisition
  19. Binominals and potential competitors in language development: Evidence from Swedish 429
  20. List of contributors 463
  21. Index of Subjects 465
  22. Index of Languages 471
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110673494-008

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Exploring complex lexemes cross-linguistically 1
  4. Part 1: Form (morphosyntactic strategies)
  5. Defining and typologizing binominal lexemes 21
  6. Binominals and construct marking 73
  7. Compounds and other nominal modifier constructions in Pama-Nyungan languages 103
  8. New types of binominal lexeme in Anindilyakwa (Australia) 153
  9. Binominals in Äiwoo: Compounds, possessive constructions, and transitional cases 181
  10. NN.gen and NArel juxtapositions in Polish: Syntactic schemas employed in building phrasal nouns 213
  11. The derivational use of classifiers in Western Amazonia 237
  12. Binominals denoting instruments: A contrastive perspective 277
  13. Part 2: Meaning (semantic relations)
  14. Hatcher-Bourque: Towards a reusable classification of semantic relations 303
  15. Binominal strategies and semantic correlations in Turkic languages 355
  16. A classification of compounds in Karachay-Balkar 381
  17. Binominal lexemes in Moksha and Hill Mari 401
  18. Part 3: Acquisition
  19. Binominals and potential competitors in language development: Evidence from Swedish 429
  20. List of contributors 463
  21. Index of Subjects 465
  22. Index of Languages 471
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