Zúñiga, Fernando (2024). The applicative constructions of Mapudungun. In: Zúñiga, Fernando; Creissels, Denis (eds.) Applicative constructions in the world's languages. Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics: Vol. 7 (pp. 179-210). Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton 10.1515/9783110730951-007
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)This chapter surveys the morphology, syntax, and semantics of the applicative constructions of Mapudungun (isolate; Chile/Argentina). The four markers addressed are the verbal suffixes -l, -ñma, -tu, and -ye. With respect to syntax, the Mapudungun constructions introduce to the clausal core an argument in P role (which, given the symmetrical-voice make-up of clausal syntax in the language, appears as either a subject or an object, depending on factors unrelated to applicativization). With respect to the semantic role of the applied phrase, the markers are relatively underspecified, albeit with some tendencies: l- and ñma-applicatives center around the notions of approach/benefaction and separation/malefaction, respectively, but they can also express a broader Concernee-Concern relation; tu-applicatives typically introduce Stimuli, Goals, or Patients; and ye-applicatives introduce Comitatives or Speech/Thought Topics. The marker -l also causativizes (with some complicating aspects in the allomorphy found with both processes), -ñma appears on verbal/adverbial roots expressing spatial, temporal, and manner notions, and -tu and -ye also function as denominal verbalizers. The suffix -tu also has a number of other functions, including telicization and the derivation of reversionary/repetitive forms (both of which are frequent), as well as antipassivization (which is severely restricted and infrequent).
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06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies > Institute of Linguistics > Applied Linguistics 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies > Institute of Linguistics |
UniBE Contributor: |
Zúñiga, Fernando |
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400 Language > 410 Linguistics 400 Language > 490 Other languages |
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2364-4354 |
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9783110735482 |
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Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics |
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De Gruyter Mouton |
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English |
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Fernando Zúñiga |
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20 Dec 2023 17:18 |
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17 Jan 2024 00:15 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1515/9783110730951-007 |
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https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/189364 |
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