Scope effects on linearization in polysynthetic languages
This paper adopts a generative approach to investigating the influence of scope on linearization of affixes in polysynthetic languages. From a typological perspective, polysynthetic languages distinguish themselves morphosyntactically by being non-configurational, using noun incorporation, and by th...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Other/Unknown Material |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap
2019
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8985549 |
id |
ftulundlupsp:oai:lup-student-papers.lub.lu.se:8985549 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftulundlupsp:oai:lup-student-papers.lub.lu.se:8985549 2023-07-30T04:02:58+02:00 Scope effects on linearization in polysynthetic languages Häusler, Lukas 2019 application/pdf http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8985549 eng eng Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8985549 Syntax Generative Polysynthetic Linearization Scope Languages and Literatures M2 2019 ftulundlupsp 2023-07-11T20:09:47Z This paper adopts a generative approach to investigating the influence of scope on linearization of affixes in polysynthetic languages. From a typological perspective, polysynthetic languages distinguish themselves morphosyntactically by being non-configurational, using noun incorporation, and by their ability to produce (near) one-word sentences by way of agglutinativity on verbs. These features secern them from languages more commonly associated with generative syntactic research. The purpose of this paper was to investigate whether scope relations may be predicted based on the linearization of affixes in verbal complexes. Along the lines of previous generative research (Baker, 1988, 1996, Ouhalla, 1991), my results suggest that scope relations can indeed be reliably predicted when viewed in light of certain well-established generative principles and restrictions which they describe. To avoid family-internal bias, I opted for a comparative analysis of empirical data from three polysynthetic languages from separate language families. The languages were: Mohawk (Iroquoian), Chukchi (Chukotko-Kamchatkan), and Nuuchahnulth (Wakashan). Other/Unknown Material Chukchi Lund University Publications Student Papers (LUP-SP) |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Lund University Publications Student Papers (LUP-SP) |
op_collection_id |
ftulundlupsp |
language |
English |
topic |
Syntax Generative Polysynthetic Linearization Scope Languages and Literatures |
spellingShingle |
Syntax Generative Polysynthetic Linearization Scope Languages and Literatures Häusler, Lukas Scope effects on linearization in polysynthetic languages |
topic_facet |
Syntax Generative Polysynthetic Linearization Scope Languages and Literatures |
description |
This paper adopts a generative approach to investigating the influence of scope on linearization of affixes in polysynthetic languages. From a typological perspective, polysynthetic languages distinguish themselves morphosyntactically by being non-configurational, using noun incorporation, and by their ability to produce (near) one-word sentences by way of agglutinativity on verbs. These features secern them from languages more commonly associated with generative syntactic research. The purpose of this paper was to investigate whether scope relations may be predicted based on the linearization of affixes in verbal complexes. Along the lines of previous generative research (Baker, 1988, 1996, Ouhalla, 1991), my results suggest that scope relations can indeed be reliably predicted when viewed in light of certain well-established generative principles and restrictions which they describe. To avoid family-internal bias, I opted for a comparative analysis of empirical data from three polysynthetic languages from separate language families. The languages were: Mohawk (Iroquoian), Chukchi (Chukotko-Kamchatkan), and Nuuchahnulth (Wakashan). |
format |
Other/Unknown Material |
author |
Häusler, Lukas |
author_facet |
Häusler, Lukas |
author_sort |
Häusler, Lukas |
title |
Scope effects on linearization in polysynthetic languages |
title_short |
Scope effects on linearization in polysynthetic languages |
title_full |
Scope effects on linearization in polysynthetic languages |
title_fullStr |
Scope effects on linearization in polysynthetic languages |
title_full_unstemmed |
Scope effects on linearization in polysynthetic languages |
title_sort |
scope effects on linearization in polysynthetic languages |
publisher |
Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap |
publishDate |
2019 |
url |
http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8985549 |
genre |
Chukchi |
genre_facet |
Chukchi |
op_relation |
http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8985549 |
_version_ |
1772813876552794112 |