Denominal Verbs in Apachean Languages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4560210 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Willem De Reuse (University of North Texas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 423-438 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of American Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7071 • E-ISSN: 1545-7001 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/595572 |
| OpenAlex | W1993450237 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Denominal verb derivation in three closely related Apachean languages (Navajo, Chiricahua Apache, and Western Apache) is not elaborate. The nouns involved are limited to body parts in Navajo, to kinship terms in Chiricahua Apache, and to skin ailments or substances typically clinging to the body in Western Apache. These differences suggest that diachronically the patterns arose independently from one another. The most interesting pattern is that of Western Apache (it also might exist in embryonic fashion in Navajo and Chiricahua Apache) and is due to the grammaticalization of a proclitic and enclitic complex around a noun. This complex was then reinterpreted as adjectival verb morphology, and the resulting word can be inflected as an adjectival verb
Grammaticalization · Linguistics · Navajo · Noun · Onomatopoeia · Verb · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Philosophy · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |