The particle 'ke' as a differential object and subject marker in Ka'apor

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ID5165501
AuthorsFábio Bonfim Duarte (0000-0002-3009-7654, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume14
Issue3
Pages805-826
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBoletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Humanas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1981-8122 • E-ISSN: 2178-2547
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1981.81222019000300007
OpenAlexW2992663529
SCIELO_PIDS1981-81222019000300805
LanguageEN
References cited11

The main purpose of this article is to show that the Ka'apor language exhibits both direct object marking (DOM) and differential subject marking (DSM). This research demonstrates that the particle ke is responsible for triggering these systems, since it is used when agent subjects are semantically affected by the event described by the verb and when objects are high on the animacy scale. In this sense, the DOM mechanism in Ka'apor is regulated by both the animacy and definiteness scales. With regard to DSM, I hypothesize that it emerges as an example of a markedness reversal, since affectedness is not a typical property of subjects, but only of objects. As a result, DSM in Ka'apor is characterized by the fact that only subjects which resemble typical patient objects are overtly case-marked by the particle ke

Animacy · Definiteness · Differential (mechanical device · Epistemology · Linguistics · Markedness · Object (grammar · Physics · Property (philosophy · Subject (documents · Verb · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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