Classifier Medials across Algonquian

A First Look

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ID4559705
AuthorsJerome Biedny (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Matthew Burner (0000-0002-4707-0415, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Andrea Cudworth (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Monica Macaulay (0000-0002-1541-2943, University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Year2021
Volume87
Issue1
Pages1-47
Publication date2021-01-01
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)
DOI10.1086/711606
OpenAlexW3118965512
LanguageEN
References cited17

This paper presents a description and analysis of Algonquian verbal classifiers, morphemes that index a salient superordinate feature (such as substance, consistency, or shape) of an argument or non-argument in a clause. We provide a lexical semantic analysis of the verbal classifiers found in the sixteen languages that we surveyed and describe differences in the inventory of verbal classifiers across the family. We also discuss problems that arise in distinguishing verbal classifiers from incorporation, concluding that the sharp distinction between the two usually made in studies of Algonquian languages is an oversimplification. Instead they form a continuum, with the synchronic data providing snapshots of multiple stages of grammaticalization

Argument (complex analysis · Classifier (UML · Feature (linguistics · Grammaticalization · Linguistics · Morpheme · Natural language processing · Salient · Superordinate goals · Verb · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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