Word Order In Paraguayan Guaraní

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ID4559557
AuthorsJudith Tonhauser (0000-0002-6061-7120, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume76
Issue2
Pages255-288
Publication date2010-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of American Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7071 • E-ISSN: 1545-7001
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/652267
OpenAlexW2065332336
LanguageID
Citations received7
References cited17

This paper explores constraints on clausal word order in Paraguayan Guaraní on the basis of a corpus of naturally occurring data. We find that grammatical function is a strong predictor of word order for direct objects, since they are almost exclusively realized postverbally, as well as for indirect objects, which all occur postverbally. The placement of subjects, however, depends on a variety of factors, in particular discourse status and the transitivity of the verb. We find only partial support for the claim that Paraguayan Guaraní has a basic subject-verb-object word order (e.g., Gregores and Suárez 1967), since there does not seem to be a basic position for subjects. We conclude by comparing constraints on word order in Paraguayan Guaraní to constraints reported for other Tupí-Guaraní languages

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