A typological study of tail-head linkage constructions

Martínez, Jesús Olguín

doi:10.1075/slcs.227.14olg

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 37 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…6 For instance, Van Breugel (2014: 247) explains that ǝtǝkǝymǝŋ 'and then' in Atong (Sino-Tibetan) is a grammaticalized form of the verb ǝtǝk-'to do like this/that' and was once used anaphorically in non-finite verbal forms referring to the situation in the preceding clause. The sequential device ǝtǝkǝymǝŋ 'and then' seems to come from ǝtǝk-ǝy-mǝŋ 'do.like.this/that=ADV=SEQ' (having done like this/that) and seems to have participated in sequential tail-head linkage (see Olguín Martínez 2023 for more examples of this diachronic development).…”

Section: Lp LXV (2)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Temporal adverbial clauses: A cross-linguistic perspective

Olguín Martínez

2023

linpo

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The study explores the form and function of ‘when’, ‘while’, ‘after’, ‘before’, and ‘until’ clauses in a variety sample of 218 languages. First, it is demonstrated that temporal adverbial clauses tend to be encoded with conjunctions and converbs in the database. A chi-squared goodness-of-fit test shows that ‘after’, ‘before’, and ‘until’ meanings are strongly and similarly associated with monofunctional clause-linking devices cross-linguistically. ‘While’ meanings are ambivalent, and ‘when’ meanings are strongly encoded with polyfunctional clause-linking devices. Second, the paper also explores the polyfunctionality patterns of temporal adverbial clause-linking devices. While the semantic polyfunctionality patterns attested in the present research align, for the most part, with those documented by other typological studies, there are a number of patterns that have been neglected in the typological literature, such as the polyfunctionality pattern between ‘while’ and ‘without’, between ‘after’ and ‘lest’, and between ‘before’ and ‘lest’, among others.

show abstract

Section: Lp LXV (2)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Temporal adverbial clauses: A cross-linguistic perspective

Olguín Martínez

2023

linpo

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Counterfactual conditional strategies in some Amazonian languages

Olguín Martínez,

Vásquez Aguilar

2024

LIAMES: Ling. Indig. Am.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Studies on individual Amazonian languages have shown that these languages can contribute to informing and refining our theories of counterfactual conditional constructions. Still missing, however, is an attempt at exploring this complex sentence construction across different genetic units of the Amazonia in a single study. The paper explores counterfactual conditionals in a sample of 24 Amazonian languages. Special attention is paid to the range of TAM markers and clause-linking devices used in counterfactual conditionals in the Amazonian languages in the sample. As for TAM markers, it is shown that protases tend to be unmarked (they do not occur with any TAM values), and apodoses tend to occur with irrealis or frustrative marking. As for clause-linking devices, it is shown that most Amazonian languages in the sample contain counterfactual conditionals occurring with non-specialized clause-linking devices. This means that the distinction between counterfactual conditionals and other types of conditionals (e.g., real/generic) is not grammaticalized in clause-linking devices. Instead, the counterfactual conditional meaning resides in the combination of specific TAM markers. The paper also pays close attention to the distribution of TAM markers and clause-linking devices in counterfactual conditional constructions in the Vaupés. In particular, special attention is paid to how Tariana counterfactual conditional construction have been shaped by Tucanoan languages through language contact.

show abstract

A typological study of tail-head linkage constructions

Cited by 2 publications

References 37 publications

Temporal adverbial clauses: A cross-linguistic perspective

Temporal adverbial clauses: A cross-linguistic perspective

Counterfactual conditional strategies in some Amazonian languages

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About