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How to copy your neighbours’ ways: A cross-generational perspective on nominalizations in Tariana
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posted on 2023-02-21, 23:22 authored by Alexandra AikhenvaldAlexandra AikhenvaldTariana, an endangered Arawak language of north-western Amazonia (Brazil), has a number of strategies for nominalizing verbs. These include noun classifiers as word-class changing derivational markers, in addition a number of nominalizing suffixes. Nominalizations are a subclass of nouns, with their own set of special properties. As a consequence of areal diffusion from the neighboring and unrelated East-Tucanoan languages, Tariana nominalizations come to be used as complementation and relativization strategies. This is especially so for innovative speakers of Tariana who use Tucano on a daily basis, and whose language bears a strong imprint of Tucano, the main language of the region.
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Volume
71Issue
1Start Page
73End Page
98Number of Pages
26eISSN
2196-7148ISSN
1867-8319Publisher
Akademie VerlagPublisher DOI
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enPeer Reviewed
- Yes
Open Access
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Era Eligible
- Yes