Coreferential Fourth-Person Pronouns in Matses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4950258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David W Fleck (0000-0003-2178-3879, La Trobe University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 279-311 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| 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 | 10.1086/590084 |
| OpenAlex | W2068764185 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 24 |
Matses, a Panoan language spoken in Amazonian Peru and Brazil, has two fourth‐person (= “interclausal third‐person coreferential”) pronouns, an ergative one (ambi ) and an absolutive one (abi ), that are used in subordinate clauses to indicate coreference with an argument in a higher clause. These fourth‐person pronouns are typologically exceptional in that they do not also code possession or intraclausal coreference, do not play a role in indirect speech, and coreference is not restricted to matrix subjects. The interaction of argument structure and intra- and interclausal morphosyntax creates a complex but systematic set of rules governing the fourth person as opposed to the simple third person. The functions of the fourth person in Matses are explored in depth, particularly with respect to how they have motivated and shaped the evident diachronic development of the fourth‐person forms from simple third‐person pronouns that have been replaced by zero‐anaphora
Anaphora (linguistics · Argument (complex analysis · Coreference · Ergative case · First person · Linguistics · Personal pronoun · Possession (linguistics · Pronoun · Reflexive pronoun · Resolution (logic · Set (abstract data type · Simple (philosophy · Third person · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2017 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |