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9 “Now the story’s turning around”: Associated motion and directionality in Ende, a language of Papua New Guinea

  • Lauren W. Reed and Kate L. Lindsey
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Associated Motion
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Abstract

In this paper, we provide one of the first descriptions of associated motion in a Papuan language. Ende, a language of southern Papua New Guinea, has one directional affix that codes path towards the deictic centre when combined with verbs of motion or transfer. When this affix is combined with other verbs, it gives rise to interpretations of an associated, secondary motion event. This type of “deictic associated motion” was first explicitly described by Belkadi (2015) in several languages of Africa. Ende’s deictic associated motion system is unlike prototypical associated motion systems, such as that in Kaytetye (Pama- Nyungan, Australia), in that Ende does not have dedicated affixes that code associated motion. Instead, Ende’s associated motion expression relies on inference on the part of speakers and hearers to give rise to the motion readings. Accordingly, we propose the terms dedicated associated motion and inferential associated motion to distinguish these two very different associated motion systems, one of which relies on dedicated affixes or other structures, and the other, which relies on speakers’ and hearers’ inferences.

Abstract

In this paper, we provide one of the first descriptions of associated motion in a Papuan language. Ende, a language of southern Papua New Guinea, has one directional affix that codes path towards the deictic centre when combined with verbs of motion or transfer. When this affix is combined with other verbs, it gives rise to interpretations of an associated, secondary motion event. This type of “deictic associated motion” was first explicitly described by Belkadi (2015) in several languages of Africa. Ende’s deictic associated motion system is unlike prototypical associated motion systems, such as that in Kaytetye (Pama- Nyungan, Australia), in that Ende does not have dedicated affixes that code associated motion. Instead, Ende’s associated motion expression relies on inference on the part of speakers and hearers to give rise to the motion readings. Accordingly, we propose the terms dedicated associated motion and inferential associated motion to distinguish these two very different associated motion systems, one of which relies on dedicated affixes or other structures, and the other, which relies on speakers’ and hearers’ inferences.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Part I: Perspectives and general issues
  4. 1 Introduction: associated motion as a grammatical category in linguistic typology 3
  5. 2 A cross-linguistic survey of Associated Motion and Directionals 31
  6. 3 Serial verb constructions and motion semantics 87
  7. 4 Associated motion and directionals: where they overlap 129
  8. 5 Deictic directionality as associated motion: motion, complex events and event integration in African languages 163
  9. 6 A visual stimulus for eliciting associated motion 201
  10. Part II: Australia and South Pacific
  11. 7 Associated motion in the Pama-Nyungan languages of Australia 231
  12. 8 Mudburra associated motion in an areal perspective 325
  13. 9 “Now the story’s turning around”: Associated motion and directionality in Ende, a language of Papua New Guinea 357
  14. 10 Preverbal directionals as markers of associated motion in Paluai (Austronesian; Oceanic) 385
  15. Part III: The Americas
  16. 11 Associated motion in Chácobo (Pano) in typological perspective 419
  17. 12 Pilagá directionals and the typology of associated motion 451
  18. 13 Associated motion in North America (including Mexico and Central America) 485
  19. 14 Associated motion in the Otomi family 527
  20. Part IV: Africa
  21. 15 Associated motion in Bantu languages 569
  22. 16 Associated motion and deictic directional in Atlantic languages 611
  23. 17 Ventive, associated motion and aspect in Jóola Fóoñi (Atlantic) 665
  24. 18 The extension of associated motion to direction, aspect and argument structure in Nilotic languages 695
  25. 19 The ‘along’–deictic-directional verb suffix complex in Kupsapiny 747
  26. 20 At the intersection of associated motion, direction and exchoative aspect in the Koman languages 779
  27. Part V: Asia
  28. 21 Associated motion in Sino-Tibetan, with a focus on Gyalrongic and Kiranti 819
  29. 22 Associated motion in Tungusic languages: a case of mixed argument structure 855
  30. Subject Index 899
  31. Language Index 907
  32. Name Index 917
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110692099-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Part I: Perspectives and general issues
  4. 1 Introduction: associated motion as a grammatical category in linguistic typology 3
  5. 2 A cross-linguistic survey of Associated Motion and Directionals 31
  6. 3 Serial verb constructions and motion semantics 87
  7. 4 Associated motion and directionals: where they overlap 129
  8. 5 Deictic directionality as associated motion: motion, complex events and event integration in African languages 163
  9. 6 A visual stimulus for eliciting associated motion 201
  10. Part II: Australia and South Pacific
  11. 7 Associated motion in the Pama-Nyungan languages of Australia 231
  12. 8 Mudburra associated motion in an areal perspective 325
  13. 9 “Now the story’s turning around”: Associated motion and directionality in Ende, a language of Papua New Guinea 357
  14. 10 Preverbal directionals as markers of associated motion in Paluai (Austronesian; Oceanic) 385
  15. Part III: The Americas
  16. 11 Associated motion in Chácobo (Pano) in typological perspective 419
  17. 12 Pilagá directionals and the typology of associated motion 451
  18. 13 Associated motion in North America (including Mexico and Central America) 485
  19. 14 Associated motion in the Otomi family 527
  20. Part IV: Africa
  21. 15 Associated motion in Bantu languages 569
  22. 16 Associated motion and deictic directional in Atlantic languages 611
  23. 17 Ventive, associated motion and aspect in Jóola Fóoñi (Atlantic) 665
  24. 18 The extension of associated motion to direction, aspect and argument structure in Nilotic languages 695
  25. 19 The ‘along’–deictic-directional verb suffix complex in Kupsapiny 747
  26. 20 At the intersection of associated motion, direction and exchoative aspect in the Koman languages 779
  27. Part V: Asia
  28. 21 Associated motion in Sino-Tibetan, with a focus on Gyalrongic and Kiranti 819
  29. 22 Associated motion in Tungusic languages: a case of mixed argument structure 855
  30. Subject Index 899
  31. Language Index 907
  32. Name Index 917
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