The role of negation in the grammaticalization of ability verbs

The case of Iquito

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20344706
AutoresBrianna Wilson (University of Chicago), Cynthia Hansen (Grinnell College)
Año2019
Volumen36
Número4
Páginas546-583
Fecha de publicación2019-12-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDiachronica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0176-4225 • E-ISSN: 1569-9714
EditorialJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/dia.00016.wil
OpenAlexW2994973413
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas20

This paper investigates the role of negation in grammaticalization in Iquito, an endangered Zaparoan language of the Peruvian Amazon. Iquito has a verb, pajɨɨni , which has undergone two paths of grammaticalization only in negated clauses. First, pajɨɨni has grammaticalized from “learn” to “be able to.” Subsequently, it is undergoing grammaticalization from an ability verb to a future auxiliary. Given that ability verbs are an uncommon source for future auxiliaries ( Bybee et al. 1994 ), this study provides a detailed case study of this rare path. Our analysis of Iquito demonstrates that grammaticalization paths are not limited to affirmative contexts and may behave differently depending on the polarity of the utterance

Grammaticalization · Linguistics · Negation · Verb · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation