Nominalization and nominalization-based constructions in Galo
Post, Mark W. (2011) Nominalization and nominalization-based constructions in Galo. In: Yap, Foong Ha, Grunow-Hårsta, Karen, and Wrona, Janick, (eds.) Nominalization in Asian Languages: diachronic and typological perspectives. Typological Studies in Language, 96 . John Benjamins Publishing, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, pp. 255-287.
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Abstract
This paper describes nominalization and nominalization-based construction in Galo, a Tibeto-Burman language of the Tani branch spoken in North East India. Nominalizers in Galo are divided into primary and secondary sets, while nominalization-based constructions are divided into two types: nominalized clauses and clausal nominalizations. Both primary and secondary nominalizers help form nominalized clauses, which are uninflected, exhibit a genitive subject, and enter into nominal complement and relative clause constructions. Clausal nominalizations are formed by primary nominalizers only, may be inflected, exhibit a nominative subject, and in general take on a more main clause-like structure and set of functions. Following this basic description, the diachronic origins of Galo nominalizers are discussed, and the Galo forms and patterns are situated in terms of a broader typology of nominalization in Tibeto-Burman.
Item ID: | 15418 |
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Item Type: | Book Chapter (Research - B1) |
ISBN: | 978-90-272-0677-0 |
Keywords: | linguistics; historical linguistics; syntax; theoretical linguistics; typology |
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Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2011 03:36 |
FoR Codes: | 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) @ 100% |
SEO Codes: | 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9502 Communication > 950202 Languages and Literacy @ 100% |
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