The origins of tense-based case marking in Pitta-Pitta and Wangkajutjuru
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12058739 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claire Bowern (0000-0002-9512-4393, Harvard University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 163-183 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0726-8602 • E-ISSN: 1469-2996 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0726860042000271816 |
| OpenAlex | W2039895369 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Several Australian languages show tense marking on non-verbal items, including the Karnic languages Pitta-Pitta and Wangkajutjuru (formerly spoken in Western Queensland). In these languages the forms of core case markers and the ergative/accusative split vary according to the tense and mood of the clause. Here I describe tense marking in the languages and the differences between sources and dialects, and discuss the etymologies of the case markers. I discuss sources for the future-marking construction and argue that these tense-marking patterns arose from the reanalysis of a construction which marked reduced transitivity. While several other constructions have been proposed in the literature as the source for Pitta-Pitta's case marking, I argue here that they do not adequately account for all the facts
Agreement · Ergative case · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Past tense · Present tense · Transitive relation · Verb · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citations per year | 0.39 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |