The naked truth about the Chamorro dual
| Autor: | Thomas Stolz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
050101 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Transitive relation Grammar Communication media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences DUAL (cognitive architecture) Language and Linguistics Linguistics 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences Third person Formal expression Realm 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Intransitivity Sociology 0305 other medical science media_common |
| Zdroj: | Studies in Language. 43:533-584 |
| ISSN: | 1569-9978 0378-4177 |
| DOI: | 10.1075/sl.17063.sto |
| Popis: | It is argued that the traditional belief that the formal expression of the dual in Chamorro is restricted to intransitivity / low transitivity is inadequate since it precludes the possibility of accounting constructions in which the dual is also expressed in combination with transitive verbs. In the empirical part of the study, evidence of the recurrent violations of the intransitivity-based restrictions is discussed. It is shown that the dual is not excluded from transitive predicates. The dual is also firmly established in the realm of transitivity albeit only in the third person. In addition, the dual also exists in areas of Chamorro grammar for which it has hitherto been ignored. The hypothesis is put forward that the dual in the domain of transitivity is a diachronic innovation. The Chamorro facts are compared to those of Numic languages in North America. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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