Deducing Clause Structure from the Right Periphery In Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì

Welch, Nicholas

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“…Both can also appear with verbal predicates. Further information on these particles appears in Welch (2015aWelch ( , 2015b Thus, copulas appear with adjectival predicates in two distinct contexts, in each of which the copula appears to be inserted solely to host inflectional features, whether agreement, as argued in section 5, or temporal/modal, as here. 7…”

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Copulas are not just inflection: Evidence from Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì

Welch

2016

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“…Both can also appear with verbal predicates. Further information on these particles appears in Welch (2015a, 2015b).…”

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Copulas are not just inflection: Evidence from Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì

Welch

2016

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“…This derivation is the same as in ( 43) above except for the existence of the postposition phrase seghà 'to you' in spec-v' (the position of the future marker ha is overlooked for ease of exposition, for a detailed analysis of future phrase and other phrases above TP, see Welch, 2015). However, the discussion needs to consider the following question: where are the other inflectional morphemes (e.g., classifier, mode, conjugation.…”

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The Nominality of Tłı̨chǫ Classificatory Verb Stems and the Simplicity of Dene Verbal Morphology

Al-Bataineh¹

2020

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This paper investigates the phenomenon of ‘classificatory verbs’, i.e., a set of verbs whose stems alternate to categorize the verbal arguments with regard to animacy, shape, material consistency, etc. Similar to equivalent verbs in other Dene languages, Tłı̨chǫ classificatory verbs are shown to belong to four semantic classes that do not have the same stem inventories or consistent patterns of stem selection. Based on various pieces of evidence, viz., optionality of the classified argument, argument saturation, verbal augmentation, verb-noun correspondence, referentiality, and noun incorporation, the paper argues against the maintenance of the notion that the so-called verb stem is a verbal element; instead, it is a root that merges with a nominalizer to form a nominal affix. In the light of this argument, the paper extends the analysis to non-classificatory verbs claiming a conceptually simpler and computationally more economical analysis of Tłı̨chǫ verbal morphology within the minimalist approach.

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“…(i.e., 'I came back by dogsled.') (Welch, 2015: 265, citing TCSA 2007 The verb stem -chì 'bring' occurs at the right edge of the phrase preceded by five prefixes occupying specific positions according to the template provided in table (2) below. The leftward order of these prefixes is as follows: (i) the null third person singular subject agreement, (ii) the aspectual marker è-indicating accomplishment and perfectivity, (iii) the object agreement se-'me', (vi) and (v) the incorporated elements (the noun tłį 'dog' and the adverb na-'back.…”

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“…In (2c) the complementizer gha follows hayedı 'tell'. (Welch, 2015:264, citing ANON 2013 Table (2) summarizes the linear ordering or prefixal morphological positions in the Tłı̨chǫ verb (Ackroyd, 1982, cited in Hucklebridge, 2016 The verbal prefixes are classified into two categories, namely, the 'conjunct' and the 'disjunct' prefixes, according to their phonological behavior; the conjunct prefixes in positions 8-12 sometimes coalescing with each other but seldom with the disjunct prefixes in positions 00-4, which are more isolating (i.e., there are restrictions on the fusion process). The prefixes in positions 5-7 seem to fall between the two categories, either being assimilated into one or the other.…”

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Stem Alternation in Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì Classificatory Verbs: A Cognitive Semantic Account

Al-Bataineh¹

2020

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This paper investigates the phenomenon of ‘classificatory verbs,’ i.e., a set of motion and positional verbs that show stem alternation depending on the semantic features of one of their arguments. The data is drawn mainly from Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì Multimedia Dictionary, Nicholas Welch’s field notes, and other documentary sources of the language. Tłı̨chǫ classificatory verbs are presented and analyzed in detail. The paper argues that Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì classificatory verbs belong to four semantic subclasses and that these subclasses show a decreasing degree of stem alternations related to argument classification. The inconsistency in stem alternation is triggered by the presence or absence of some semantic features that determine the number of stem allomorphs. Locative verbs are affected by the [COMFORT] feature, and the other three sets are influenced by [TRANSFER], [INITIAL AGENTIVE] and [FINAL AGENTIVE] features. Moreover, the paper outlines a semantic feature geometry that accounts for the observed regularities in classificatory verb stems and their possible variations intra- and cross-linguistically.

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Deducing Clause Structure from the Right Periphery In Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

Copulas are not just inflection: Evidence from Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì

Copulas are not just inflection: Evidence from Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì

The Nominality of Tłı̨chǫ Classificatory Verb Stems and the Simplicity of Dene Verbal Morphology

Stem Alternation in Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì Classificatory Verbs: A Cognitive Semantic Account

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