10 Non-verbal predication in the Yupik-Inuktitut-Unangan (Eskimo-Aleut) family
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Marianne Mithun
Abstract
Some languages of the Yupik-Inuktitut-Unangan (Eskimo-Aleut) family are essentially devoid of non-verbal predicative constructions in the strictest sense as defined here: “non-elliptical clauses analyzable as consisting of an argument phrase and a predicate phrase in which the property- or relation-denoting element that acts as the semantic nucleus of the predicate phrase is not a verb” (Chapter 1, Creissels, Bertinetto, and Ciucci, this volume). The languages without non-verbal predication, Central Alaskan Yup’ik and its close relatives, do contain constructions that serve similar functions, but they are full verbs, with the same derivational and potential as other verbs. The processes by which these developed can be discerned from examination of their counterparts in other languages of the family. Here relations among the languages are outlined and a typological overview of their basic structures is presented, then the individual constructions under discussion in this volume are described: nominal predication, quantification, locational predication, ostensives, and possessive predication in Section 7.
Abstract
Some languages of the Yupik-Inuktitut-Unangan (Eskimo-Aleut) family are essentially devoid of non-verbal predicative constructions in the strictest sense as defined here: “non-elliptical clauses analyzable as consisting of an argument phrase and a predicate phrase in which the property- or relation-denoting element that acts as the semantic nucleus of the predicate phrase is not a verb” (Chapter 1, Creissels, Bertinetto, and Ciucci, this volume). The languages without non-verbal predication, Central Alaskan Yup’ik and its close relatives, do contain constructions that serve similar functions, but they are full verbs, with the same derivational and potential as other verbs. The processes by which these developed can be discerned from examination of their counterparts in other languages of the family. Here relations among the languages are outlined and a typological overview of their basic structures is presented, then the individual constructions under discussion in this volume are described: nominal predication, quantification, locational predication, ostensives, and possessive predication in Section 7.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- List of the Authors V
- Acknowledgments
- Contents IX
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Part I: Setting the stage
- 1 Non-verbal predication: An analytical framework 1
- 2 A diachronic view on non-verbal predication 57
- 3 Crucial issues in non-verbal predication: A questionnaire 87
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Part II: Case studies
- 4 Non-verbal predication in Caijia and Waxiang: A Southeast Asian perspective 91
- 5 Non-verbal predication in Siyuewu Khroskyabs 129
- 6 Non-verbal predication in Uralic 155
- 7 Non-verbal predication in Turkic languages 195
- 8 Non-verbal predication in the so-called Paleosiberian languages 239
- 9 Non-verbal predication in Tungusic languages 275
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North America
- 10 Non-verbal predication in the Yupik-Inuktitut-Unangan (Eskimo-Aleut) family 313
- 11 Non-verbal predication in Western Apache (Athabaskan/Dene), with comparisons to Hän Athabaskan 353
- 12 Non-verbal predication in Algonquian languages 385
- 13 Non-verbal predication in Lushootseed (Salishan) 429
- 14 Non-verbal predication in Uto-Aztecan languages from northwestern Mexico 463
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South America
- 15 Verbless clauses and copula clauses in Arawak languages 505
- 16 Non-verbal predication in Tupian, especially Tupí-Guaraní languages 541
- 17 Non-verbal predication in Zaparoan languages 581
- 18 Non-verbal predication in Chicham 625
- 19 Non-verbal predication in the Pano languages of Western Amazonia 653
- 20 Non-verbal predication in Guaycuruan and Mataguayan 697
- 21 Non-verbal predication in Old Zamuco 743
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- List of the Authors V
- Acknowledgments
- Contents IX
-
Part I: Setting the stage
- 1 Non-verbal predication: An analytical framework 1
- 2 A diachronic view on non-verbal predication 57
- 3 Crucial issues in non-verbal predication: A questionnaire 87
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Part II: Case studies
- 4 Non-verbal predication in Caijia and Waxiang: A Southeast Asian perspective 91
- 5 Non-verbal predication in Siyuewu Khroskyabs 129
- 6 Non-verbal predication in Uralic 155
- 7 Non-verbal predication in Turkic languages 195
- 8 Non-verbal predication in the so-called Paleosiberian languages 239
- 9 Non-verbal predication in Tungusic languages 275
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North America
- 10 Non-verbal predication in the Yupik-Inuktitut-Unangan (Eskimo-Aleut) family 313
- 11 Non-verbal predication in Western Apache (Athabaskan/Dene), with comparisons to Hän Athabaskan 353
- 12 Non-verbal predication in Algonquian languages 385
- 13 Non-verbal predication in Lushootseed (Salishan) 429
- 14 Non-verbal predication in Uto-Aztecan languages from northwestern Mexico 463
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South America
- 15 Verbless clauses and copula clauses in Arawak languages 505
- 16 Non-verbal predication in Tupian, especially Tupí-Guaraní languages 541
- 17 Non-verbal predication in Zaparoan languages 581
- 18 Non-verbal predication in Chicham 625
- 19 Non-verbal predication in the Pano languages of Western Amazonia 653
- 20 Non-verbal predication in Guaycuruan and Mataguayan 697
- 21 Non-verbal predication in Old Zamuco 743
