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Verbal agreement of datives in Nyangumarta Weber, Natalie

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I show that Nyangumarta (Pama-Nyungan family, Marrngu subgroup) has two types of applicative constructions. Although both have different nominal case frames and different verbal agreement patterns, both occur with a verb final suffix -a, which was previously analyzed as a purposive marker. I show that there are two syntactically distinct homophonous -a suffixes in Nyangumarta, and this homophony has until now obscured their function. The first -a is a low applicative (double object construction) (Pylkkänen 2002) which denotes a transfer of possession relation between two DPs and which I equate with PHave (Harley 2002). The second -a is an indirect object agreement marker which agrees specifically with inanimate or non-specific animate arguments, and which I illustrate specifically with benefactives.

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Verbal agreement of datives in Nyangumarta
Creator
Weber, Natalie
Date Issued
2012-12
Description
I show that Nyangumarta (Pama-Nyungan family, Marrngu subgroup) has two types of applicative constructions. Although both have different nominal case frames and different verbal agreement patterns, both occur with a verb final suffix -a, which was previously analyzed as a purposive marker. I show that there are two syntactically distinct homophonous -a suffixes in Nyangumarta, and this homophony has until now obscured their function. The first -a is a low applicative (double object construction) (Pylkkänen 2002) which denotes a transfer of possession relation between two DPs and which I equate with PHave (Harley 2002). The second -a is an indirect object agreement marker which agrees specifically with inanimate or non-specific animate arguments, and which I illustrate specifically with benefactives.
Subject
Linguistics; Case; Indirect object; Dative; Applicatives; Double object construction; Nyangumarta; Marrngu; Pama-Nyungan; Benefactive
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. LING 520
Date Available
2013-03-19
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
DOI
10.14288/1.0075739
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44037
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Linguistics, Department of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
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