Transitivity suffixes in the Yaqui language: A study of the morphology-syntax interface

This article presents a typological/descriptive approach to the phenomenon of syntactic valency alternations, in order to explore the relationship between morphology and syntax observed in agglutinating languages such as Yaqui (Uto-Aztecan). In particular, this article deals with cases in which vale...

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Autor: Tubino Blanco, Mercedes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx:article/70
Acceso en línea:https://cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx/index.php/cl/article/view/70
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:verbal valency
transitivity alternations
causative alternatio
incorporation
transitivity morphology
Yaqui
valencia verbal
alternancias de transitividad
alternancia causativa
incorporación
morfología de transitividad
yaqui
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Sumario:This article presents a typological/descriptive approach to the phenomenon of syntactic valency alternations, in order to explore the relationship between morphology and syntax observed in agglutinating languages such as Yaqui (Uto-Aztecan). In particular, this article deals with cases in which valency changes are simultaneously exhibited in the syntax (i.e., by means of alternations in the number of verb arguments), and in morphology (i.e., marked by changes in verbal suffixes). This article studies valency increasing operations, such as the causative alternation, as well as valency reduction operations, such as noun incorporation, and concludes that verbal morphology is a good diagnostic to identify the valency of Yaqui verbs. Original received: 2017/01/23Review sent to author: 2017/04/06Accepted: 2017/05/08