Attributive modification in South American indigenous languages

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ID3989428
AutoresOlga Krasnoukhova (0000-0002-1953-7954, University of Antwerp , Antwerpen , Belgium, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume60
Fascículo3
Páginas745-807
Data de publicação2022-05-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling-2020-0133
OpenAlexW4211116568
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas50

The article deals with attributive modification in South American languages. It focuses on descriptive terms that denote properties. First of all, it is observed that attributive modification with property terms is possible in most, but not all South American languages. The typology of attributive constructions is argued to constitute a continuum, from syntactically loose nominal expressions, on the one hand, to morphologically complex structures which are ambiguous between compounding and derivation, on the other hand. The latter involves the use of lexico-grammatical means such as classifiers. The paper also raises the question of a possible diachronic link - at least for some languages - between intransitive clauses and postnominal property terms, which are often verbal in nature

Attributive · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation