Argument Encoding in Movima

The Local Domain

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5115625
AutoresKatharina Haude (0000-0003-1706-7060, Structure et Dynamique des Langues, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen77
Número4
Páginas559-575
Fecha de publicación2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of American Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7071 • E-ISSN: 1545-7001
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/662156
OpenAlexW2030949734
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas4

Argument encoding in Movima transitive clauses is based on a referential hierarchy (1 > 2 > 3 topic > 3 nontopic). Verbal direct and inverse marking indicates the roles (actor/undergoer) of the event participants. The argument with the higher-ranking referent is obligatorily represented by a constituent directly attached to the predicate, while the argument with the lower-ranking referent is represented by a constituent less closely connected to the predicate, aligning with the single argument of the intransitive clause. First and second person can only be encoded in the first way and therefore do not show any alignment effect with the argument of the intransitive clause. However, pragmatic factors can override the person hierarchy: when, for pragmatic reasons, first and second person are expressed by a free pronoun in clause-initial topic position, they can be treated like lower-ranking persons

Argument (complex analysis · Combinatorics · Dependent clause · Hierarchy · Linguistics · Political science · Predicate (mathematical logic · Referent · Sentence · Transitive relation · Verb · Computer Science · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation