A brief description and analysis of tense, finiteness, and verbal embedding strategies in Kadiwéu

In this article, we present a description of the different verbal subordination strategies in Kadiwéu and propose a syntactic structure for the CP. Although the verb is marked for person in both matrix and subordinate clauses, tense is not marked on the verb. However, complementizers may be marked f...

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Autores: Sandalo, Maria Filomena Spatti, Galves, Charlotte
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Cadernos de Estudos Linguísticos
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8677360
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/cel/article/view/8677360
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Complementizer stacking
Embedded clauses
Finiteness
Tense
Empilhamento de complementizadores
Finitude
Orações subordinadas
Tempo
Apilamiento de complementadores
Finitud
Oraciones subordinadas
Tiempo
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Sumario:In this article, we present a description of the different verbal subordination strategies in Kadiwéu and propose a syntactic structure for the CP. Although the verb is marked for person in both matrix and subordinate clauses, tense is not marked on the verb. However, complementizers may be marked for tense. Interestingly, Kadiwéu, like Danish and other languages, allows complementizer stacking. Thus, in an adverbial CP containing a topicalized subject, the complementizer nige/naGa may co-occur with the complementizer me. The Kadiwéu data come from the Tycho Brahe Platform at the University of Campinas, Brazil, and from elicited or published data.