Autore
Crysmann, Berthold

Titolo
Morphotactic dependencies in Yimas
Periodico
Lingue e linguaggio
Anno: 2020 - Volume: 37 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 91 - Pagina finale: 130

The grammar of pronominal a􁞹xation in Yimas displays complexpatterns of interaction both among the set of pronominal pre􁞷xes, but also inconnection with modal marking. Without modal marking, core arguments areexpressed by discrete markers that compete for realisation in two pre􁞷xal slots,a competition that is governed by the person hierarchy and, among third personparticipants, by the thematic hierarchy. Modal markers target the sameposition as the outer pronominal pre􁞷x, triggering su􁞹xal realisation of thepreempted pronominal argument. With intransitives (mostly), modals giverise to multiple exponence, requiring presence of the su􁞹x to redundantlymark the number of the S argument already realised by the inner pronominalpre􁞷x. I shall argue that these complex interactions can be analysed quitestraightforwardly in a neo-templatic model of morphotactics, i.e. a model thatrecognises position classes as descriptive primitives. Moreover, the fact thatsu􁞹xal marking of core arguments is only licit in the context of modal markingrequires a notion of in􁞸ectional constructions. I shall present InformationbasedMorphology, a resource-sensitive model-theoretic approach to in􁞸ectionand show how certain properties of the framework, in particular the possibilityto capture discontinuous in􁞸ectional constructions by means of multipleinheritance, lend themselves naturally to an analysis of Yimas complex morphotactics.



SICI: 1720-9331(2020)37:1<91:MDIY>2.0.ZU;2-Y
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