A comparison of verbal person marking across Tupian languages

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5224196
AutoresJohnston Birchall (0000-0002-6110-6904, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, autor de correspondencia), Joshua Birchall (Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi)
Año2015
Volumen10
Número2
Páginas325-345
Fecha de publicación2015-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBoletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Humanas (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1981-8122 • E-ISSN: 2178-2547
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1981-81222015000200007
OpenAlexW2413567993
SCIELO_PIDS1981-81222015000200325
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas16

This paper explores the diachrony of the verbal person marking system across the large and structurally diverse Tupian language family. I argue that the historical development of these different patterns are best informed by analyzing their synchronic distributions with regard to the current evolutionary hypotheses on the family. I apply a parsimony reconstruction model across the topology of two different classifications and compare the results with what is known from traditional historical linguistic work. This study is able to provide support for previous claims about the family and also generates a number of additional hypotheses about the intermediate stages of development of these patterns

Development (topology · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation