Verbal synthesis in the Guaporé-Mamoré linguistic area
A Contact Feature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5767239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rik Van Gijn (0000-0001-9911-2907, University of Zurich, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistic Discovery (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-0852 • E-ISSN: 1537-0852 |
| Publisher | Dartmouth College Library (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1349/ps1.1537-0852.a.464 |
| OpenAlex | W2907661714 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
In their discussion of the linguistic area Guaporé-Mamoré (eastern Bolivia and Rondônia) Crevels & Van der Voort (2008) propose 'polysynthetic morphology' as one of the structural features shared by most languages in the area.In their approach the feature is regarded as binary (present versus absent) and it is not entirely clear what the basis for their categorization is.In this paper I try to come to a more precise understanding of the nature of the morphological similarities between the Guaporé-Mamoré languages by looking at a range of formal and semantic factors related to the verbal templates of these languages.In this way we can locate the cross-linguistic morphological similarities more precisely, setting the stage for a deeper understanding of the processes of contact-induced diffusion in the area
Feature (linguistics · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |