Relative Clauses in Upper Necaxa Totonac: Local, Comparative, and Diachronic Perspectives
Relativization strategies in the Totonacan family are largely undescribed, but detailed examination of one of the languages in the group, Upper Necaxa Totonac, reveals the presence of both externally- and internally-headed relative constructions. Also of note is the presence of relativizers that mar...
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| description | Relativization strategies in the Totonacan family are largely undescribed, but detailed examination of one of the languages in the group, Upper Necaxa Totonac, reveals the presence of both externally- and internally-headed relative constructions. Also of note is the presence of relativizers that mark the animacy (human/non-human) of the head of the relative construction. This paper will show that, while phylogenetic evidence clearly demonstrates the relativizers to be descended diachronically from interrogative pronouns, they are best treated syn-chronically as complementizers, an analysis that follows directly from the presence of internally-headed relative constructions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5450d0eac9164170b015b8e55e336d562022-12-21T18:27:07ZengDartmouth College LibraryLinguistic Discovery1537-08522016-01-0114110.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.469469Relative Clauses in Upper Necaxa Totonac: Local, Comparative, and Diachronic PerspectivesDavid BeckRelativization strategies in the Totonacan family are largely undescribed, but detailed examination of one of the languages in the group, Upper Necaxa Totonac, reveals the presence of both externally- and internally-headed relative constructions. Also of note is the presence of relativizers that mark the animacy (human/non-human) of the head of the relative construction. This paper will show that, while phylogenetic evidence clearly demonstrates the relativizers to be descended diachronically from interrogative pronouns, they are best treated syn-chronically as complementizers, an analysis that follows directly from the presence of internally-headed relative constructions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.469totonacanrelative clausecomplementizerrelativization |
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| title | Relative Clauses in Upper Necaxa Totonac: Local, Comparative, and Diachronic Perspectives |
| title_full | Relative Clauses in Upper Necaxa Totonac: Local, Comparative, and Diachronic Perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Relative Clauses in Upper Necaxa Totonac: Local, Comparative, and Diachronic Perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relative Clauses in Upper Necaxa Totonac: Local, Comparative, and Diachronic Perspectives |
| title_short | Relative Clauses in Upper Necaxa Totonac: Local, Comparative, and Diachronic Perspectives |
| title_sort | relative clauses in upper necaxa totonac local comparative and diachronic perspectives |
| topic | totonacan relative clause complementizer relativization |
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