The loss of Jê nominal verbs in Panará
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Bernat Bardagil
Abstract
In Jê languages, verbs appear in a non-finite form that fulfills a double function: licensing marked TAME semantics in main clauses, and licensing embedded clauses. However, the Panará language lost its non-finite verbal form. This paper examines Panará verbs from both a synchronic and diachronic angle, and in a broader comparative approach with regards to the morphosyntactic behaviour of verbs in the other Jê languages. The main claim is that the non-finite forms prevalent in the Jê family underwent a reanalysis in Panará, resulting in fully finite clauses in all environments.
Acknowledgments
Unless otherwise indicated, the data presented in this article were collected by myself during fieldwork in Brazil. In that regard I would like to thank the Panará people, in particular those of the village of Nãnsêpotiti. My thanks go especially to Perankô, Kânko, Sokren, Kypakjã and Akââ, as well as Kunity and Bepêre. My gratitude extends also to the organizers of the SLE 2020 workshop on Multifunctionality and syncretism in non-finite forms, and the editors of the present volume. Finally, two anonymous reviewers raised good questions and provided valuable feedback on an earlier stage of this article, for which I am very grateful.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Multifunctionality and syncretism in non-finite forms: an introduction
- Articles
- Puzzling patterns in non-finite forms
- The structural underpinnings of multifunctionality and syncretism in non-finite forms in Irish
- Non-finite constructions in Khanty: their unity and diversity
- The loss of Jê nominal verbs in Panará
- Non-finite verb forms in Turkic exhibit syncretism, not multifunctionality
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Multifunctionality and syncretism in non-finite forms: an introduction
- Articles
- Puzzling patterns in non-finite forms
- The structural underpinnings of multifunctionality and syncretism in non-finite forms in Irish
- Non-finite constructions in Khanty: their unity and diversity
- The loss of Jê nominal verbs in Panará
- Non-finite verb forms in Turkic exhibit syncretism, not multifunctionality
