Argument Encoding in Movima

The Local Domain

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5115625
AutoresKatharina Haude (0000-0003-1706-7060, Structure et Dynamique des Langues, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume77
Fascículo4
Páginas559-575
Data de publicação2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of American Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7071 • E-ISSN: 1545-7001
EditoraUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/662156
OpenAlexW2030949734
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências 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