Coordination in Pribilof Islands Unangam Tunuu

• Published in: Linguistic Discovery
• Main Author: Anna Berge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Dartmouth College Library 2011
• Subjects: coordination; Aleut; Alaska; clause-chaining; Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar; P101-410; aleut; Unangam-Tunuu
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.386; https://doaj.org/article/28366dbcddc1470387317afef9788d39

This paper provides a detailed analysis of conjunctive, disjunctive, and adversative coordination in the Pribilof Islands variety of Unangam Tunuu (Aleut). Although Unangam Tunuu prefers clause-chaining to coordinate structures, it nevertheless makes frequent use of coordination; and while Unangax̂ coordination is not typologically unusual, there are many subtleties in the use and distribution of particular coordinating particles. In this paper, I compare clause-chaining and coordination as strategies for expressing coordination in Unangam Tunuu; I examine the varieties of Unangax̂ coordinating particles, their sources and functions, their uses in different types of coordinating structures, and the effects of coordination on syntax.; and I show some ways in which syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and idiolectal factors affect the use of coordination or of a particular coordinating strategy.