Noun incorporation and classifiers in Paresi-Haliti (Aruak)

This work describes noun and classifier incorporation in Paresi. Paresi is an Arawak language, spoken by approximately 3000 people in Mato Grosso (Brazil). In Paresi, there are three types of incorporation: nominal incorporation, and incorporation of classifiers and postpositions. In this article, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Brandão, Ana Paula
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Revista Liames (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8646341
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/liames/article/view/8646341
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tipologia linguística. Incorporação nominal. Classificadores
Incorporação
Typology
Noun incorporation
Classifiers
Noun Incorporation and classifiers
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Sumario:This work describes noun and classifier incorporation in Paresi. Paresi is an Arawak language, spoken by approximately 3000 people in Mato Grosso (Brazil). In Paresi, there are three types of incorporation: nominal incorporation, and incorporation of classifiers and postpositions. In this article, the characteristics of the incorporation of nouns and classifiers are discussed, showing that there is an important relation between these categories. Classifiers probably come from nouns, but the two categories exhibit some differences of syntactic distribution, when we compare them in the incorporation process. My analysis is based on fieldwork (in the Formoso and Rio Verde communities) through the collection of texts and elicitation, and using a functional-typological approach (Mithun 1984; Haspelmath 2012).