On the Integration of Dative Adjuncts into Event Structures in Yapa Languages
Warlpiri and Warlmanpa (Ngumpin-Yapa languages of Australia) exhibit a complex predicate construction in which a class of preverbs introduces a single argument that is not shared by the argument structure of the inflecting verb, nor is there necessarily any shared event structure. This is problemati...
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| description | Warlpiri and Warlmanpa (Ngumpin-Yapa languages of Australia) exhibit a complex predicate construction in which a class of preverbs introduces a single argument that is not shared by the argument structure of the inflecting verb, nor is there necessarily any shared event structure. This is problematic for many theories of linking structures of complex predicates, since no arguments or events are shared between the predicative elements of the complex predicate. The same grammatical relation is instantiated by a beneficiary adjunct. In light of new research in event and argument structure, I propose a lexical rule which introduces an applicative argument to account for the beneficiary construction; and that the preverbs take another predicate as one of their arguments to account for the complex predicates. The applicative rule and the preverbs both introduce an argument of the same grammatical relation, leading to interesting interactions, given that two grammatical relations of the same type are not expected to co-occur within a single clause. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e3ca77d2a2e4b6eb4f4378b0ac195d02023-11-22T13:54:31ZengMDPI AGLanguages2226-471X2021-08-016313610.3390/languages6030136On the Integration of Dative Adjuncts into Event Structures in Yapa LanguagesMitchell Browne0School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, AustraliaWarlpiri and Warlmanpa (Ngumpin-Yapa languages of Australia) exhibit a complex predicate construction in which a class of preverbs introduces a single argument that is not shared by the argument structure of the inflecting verb, nor is there necessarily any shared event structure. This is problematic for many theories of linking structures of complex predicates, since no arguments or events are shared between the predicative elements of the complex predicate. The same grammatical relation is instantiated by a beneficiary adjunct. In light of new research in event and argument structure, I propose a lexical rule which introduces an applicative argument to account for the beneficiary construction; and that the preverbs take another predicate as one of their arguments to account for the complex predicates. The applicative rule and the preverbs both introduce an argument of the same grammatical relation, leading to interesting interactions, given that two grammatical relations of the same type are not expected to co-occur within a single clause.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/6/3/136WarlpiriWarlmanpalexiconargument structureevent structurecomplex predicates |
| spellingShingle | Mitchell Browne On the Integration of Dative Adjuncts into Event Structures in Yapa Languages Languages Warlpiri Warlmanpa lexicon argument structure event structure complex predicates |
| title | On the Integration of Dative Adjuncts into Event Structures in Yapa Languages |
| title_full | On the Integration of Dative Adjuncts into Event Structures in Yapa Languages |
| title_fullStr | On the Integration of Dative Adjuncts into Event Structures in Yapa Languages |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Integration of Dative Adjuncts into Event Structures in Yapa Languages |
| title_short | On the Integration of Dative Adjuncts into Event Structures in Yapa Languages |
| title_sort | on the integration of dative adjuncts into event structures in yapa languages |
| topic | Warlpiri Warlmanpa lexicon argument structure event structure complex predicates |
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