Selected semitransitive constructions in Algonquian

Zúñiga, Fernando

doi:10.1515/linpo-2016-0015

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“…See Margetts () and Zúñiga () for similar transitivity‐discord constructions in Oceanic and Algonquian, respectively.…”

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The diachrony of morphosyntactic alignment

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2018

Language and Linguist. Compass

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With morphological and syntactic argument properties, some arguments behave alike (i.e., they align with each other) while others do not. Such alignment patterns have received significant attention in the literature, but claims as to their origin and development are sometimes difficult to assess, due to scant actual data. This paper surveys the main hypotheses proposed in early and recent work on the topic, focusing on alignment type change and on major alignment types (ergativity, accusativity, and split intransitivity) of morphological properties, with some remarks on syntactic properties. The survey shows that alignment type change may often occur when clauses denoting low transitivity are reanalyzed as clauses of either higher or lower syntactic valency, sometimes even introducing a partition in the verbal lexicon (occasionally being conditioned by semantic, pragmatic, or structural factors), or are extended from low‐transitivity predicates to most bivalent predicates. Lastly, alignment type change can be either functionally motivated or not.

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“…See Margetts () and Zúñiga () for similar transitivity‐discord constructions in Oceanic and Algonquian, respectively.…”

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Decolonizing Historical Linguistics in the Classroom and Beyond

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2024

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The study of language variation and change is both one of the oldest areas of the scientific study of language, and one of the most global. Its origins (in European traditions) are steeped in Empire and colonialism. Yet it is also an important way to study relationships and dynamics between language and society. The field also contributes crucial insights from linguistics toward an understanding of how racist attitudes have been developed and justified by language. In this chapter, the authors discuss their experiences in decolonizing our classes in historical and introductory linguistics, as white instructors at two Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) on the East Coast of the United States, and we give examples of some activities that we used. We use these examples both to discuss how (and why) to improve the teaching of linguistic subfields which have been said to be “too hard” to decolonize, and as a chance to think through issues and approaches.

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Selected semitransitive constructions in Algonquian

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The diachrony of morphosyntactic alignment

The diachrony of morphosyntactic alignment

Decolonizing Historical Linguistics in the Classroom and Beyond

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