Description of countable and massive names in Parkatêjê
This paper investigates the distribution of count and mass nouns in Parkatêjê. We explored the distribution of number marking, numerals, and quantifiers in the language in constructions with count and mass nouns. Based on data from interviews in Parkatêjê communities, we show that we can distinguish...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Liames (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8661475 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/liames/article/view/8661475 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Parkatêjê language Count nouns Mass nouns Numerals Quantifiers Plural Nomes contáveis Nomes massivos Numerais Quantificadores Língua Parkatejê Lengua parkatêjê Nombres contables Nombres no contables Numerales |
| Sumario: | This paper investigates the distribution of count and mass nouns in Parkatêjê. We explored the distribution of number marking, numerals, and quantifiers in the language in constructions with count and mass nouns. Based on data from interviews in Parkatêjê communities, we show that we can distinguish count from mass nouns based on the distribution of numerals and quantifiers. While numerals can be directly combined with numerals, mass nouns require a container/measure phrase in such constructions. Our description of the distribution of quantifiers has shown that some quantifiers can be combined with all nouns; others occur only in constructions with count nouns and others occur only in constructions with mass nouns. The distribution of the plural morpheme is restricted to human nouns. As such, plurals do not distinguish count from mass nouns. Finally, based on Chierchia's 2010 proposal, we conclude that Parkatêjê presents characteristics of number marking and number neutral languages. |
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