Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas
A typological overview
1st Edition
Published on 20. September 2012
XIII, 307 pages
978-90-272-7339-0 (ISBN)
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Patterns of relative clause formation tend to vary according to the typological properties of a language. Highly polysynthetic languages tend to have fully nominalized relative clauses and no relative pronouns, while other typologically diverse languages tend to have relative clauses which are similar to main or independent clauses. Languages of the Americas, with their rich genetic diversity, have all been under the influence of European languages, whether Spanish, English or Portuguese, a situation that may be expected to have influenced their grammatical patterns. The present volume focuses on two tasks: The first deals with the discussion of functional principles related to relative clause formation: diachrony and paths of grammaticalization, simplicity vs. complexity, and formalization of rules to capture semantic-syntactic correlations. The second provides a typological overview of relative clauses in nine different languages going from north to south in the Americas.
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A typological overview
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Introduction
Bernard Comrie and Zarina Estrada-Fernández
part i. Diachrony, typology, and theory
Toward a diachronic typology of relative clause*
Tom Givón
The evolution of language and elaborateness of grammar: The case of relative clauses in creole languages*
Tania Kuteva and Bernard Comrie
Some issues in the linking between syntax and semantics in relative clauses
Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.
Part II. Uto-Aztecan
Relative clauses and nominalizations in Yaqui
Albert Álvarez González
On relative clauses and related constructions in Yaqui
Lilián Guerrero
From demonstrative to relative marker to clause linker: Relative clause formation in Pima Bajo
Zarina Estrada-Fernández
Functional underpinnings of diachrony in relative clause formation: The nominalization-relativization connection in Northern Paiute
Timothy J. Thornes
Part III. Elsewhere in the Americas
Clauses as noun modifiers in Toba (Guaycuruan)
María Belén Carpio and Marisa Censabella
Between headed and headless relative clauses*
Patience Epps
Relative clauses in Seri
Stephen A. Marlett
Relative clauses in Gavião of Rondônia
Denny Moore
Relative clauses in Yucatec Maya: Light heads vs. Null domain*
Rodrigo Gutièrrez-Bravo
Questionable relatives
Marianne Mithun
Language and language family index
Name index
Subject index
Bernard Comrie and Zarina Estrada-Fernández
part i. Diachrony, typology, and theory
Toward a diachronic typology of relative clause*
Tom Givón
The evolution of language and elaborateness of grammar: The case of relative clauses in creole languages*
Tania Kuteva and Bernard Comrie
Some issues in the linking between syntax and semantics in relative clauses
Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.
Part II. Uto-Aztecan
Relative clauses and nominalizations in Yaqui
Albert Álvarez González
On relative clauses and related constructions in Yaqui
Lilián Guerrero
From demonstrative to relative marker to clause linker: Relative clause formation in Pima Bajo
Zarina Estrada-Fernández
Functional underpinnings of diachrony in relative clause formation: The nominalization-relativization connection in Northern Paiute
Timothy J. Thornes
Part III. Elsewhere in the Americas
Clauses as noun modifiers in Toba (Guaycuruan)
María Belén Carpio and Marisa Censabella
Between headed and headless relative clauses*
Patience Epps
Relative clauses in Seri
Stephen A. Marlett
Relative clauses in Gavião of Rondônia
Denny Moore
Relative clauses in Yucatec Maya: Light heads vs. Null domain*
Rodrigo Gutièrrez-Bravo
Questionable relatives
Marianne Mithun
Language and language family index
Name index
Subject index
