Integrating syntax and pragmatics : word order and transitivity, variations in tunumiisut
International audience The aim of this article is to investigate word order variations and transitivity choices in Inuit by examining the interplay and respective influence of morpho-syntactic, semantic and pragmatic features on the surface ordering of clausal constituents. The analysis of a modern-...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:halshs-00724694v1 2023-05-15T16:31:08+02:00 Integrating syntax and pragmatics : word order and transitivity, variations in tunumiisut Tersis, Nicole Carter-Thomas, Shirley Structure et Dynamique des Langues (SeDyL) Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco)-Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD : UR135-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Département Langues et Sciences Humaines (LSH) Télécom Ecole de Management (TEM)-Institut Mines-Télécom Paris (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom Business School (IMT-BS) Institut Mines-Télécom Paris (IMT) Lattice - Langues, Textes, Traitements informatiques, Cognition - UMR 8094 (Lattice) Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Département Littératures et langage - ENS Paris (LILA) École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL) 2005-10 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00724694 https://doi.org/10.1086/501248 en eng HAL CCSD University of Chicago Press info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1086/501248 halshs-00724694 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00724694 doi:10.1086/501248 ISSN: 0020-7071 EISSN: 1545-7001 International Journal of American Linguistics https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00724694 International Journal of American Linguistics, 2005, 71 (4), pp.445-472. ⟨10.1086/501248⟩ Pragmatics Word order Transitivity Inuit Information structure East Greenlandic [SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2005 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1086/501248 2023-03-01T00:16:27Z International audience The aim of this article is to investigate word order variations and transitivity choices in Inuit by examining the interplay and respective influence of morpho-syntactic, 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper greenlandic inuit Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES International Journal of American Linguistics 71 4 445 472 |
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International audience The aim of this article is to investigate word order variations and transitivity choices in Inuit by examining the interplay and respective influence of morpho-syntactic, 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. |
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Structure et Dynamique des Langues (SeDyL) Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco)-Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD : UR135-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Département Langues et Sciences Humaines (LSH) Télécom Ecole de Management (TEM)-Institut Mines-Télécom Paris (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom Business School (IMT-BS) Institut Mines-Télécom Paris (IMT) Lattice - Langues, Textes, Traitements informatiques, Cognition - UMR 8094 (Lattice) Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Département Littératures et langage - ENS Paris (LILA) École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL) |
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