Integrating Syntax and Pragmatics
Word Order and Transitivity Variations in Tunumiisut
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7807487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicole Tersis (Structure et Dynamique des Langues), Shirley Carter‐thoma (0000-0002-9090-0066), Shirley Carter‐Thomas |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 445-472 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-01 |
| 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 | 10.1086/501248 |
| OpenAlex | W2061950660 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
In this article, we investigate word‐order variations and transitivity choices in Inuit by examining the interplay and respective influence of morphosyntactic, semantic, and pragmatic features on the surface ordering of clausal constituents. The analysis of a modern‐day Inuit text in East Greenlandic (Tunumiisut) shows that the pertinence of an SOV order requires certain qualifications because of the limited representation of lexical nominal groups. However, once these adjustments have been taken into account, both transitivity and surface ordering can be seen to have an important impact on pragmatic topic comment reordering principles. The theoretical flexibility commonly attributed to constituent ordering in Inuit appears to be reserved primarily for signaling particular pragmatic arrangements
Flexibility (engineering · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Order (exchange · Political science · Pragmatics · Representation (politics · Syntax · Transitive relation · Word order · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |