Pluractionality of Events in Macuxi: A Morpho-Syntactic and Semantic Analysis

This paper discusses how pluractionality is expressed in Macuxi (Cariban), a South American Indigenous language spoken in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. Cross-linguistically, the multiplicity of an action can be expressed by means of specialized pluractional morphemes affixed on verbs, via adverbs, o...

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Main Authors: Gregory Antono, Francisco França Miguel Makusi, Isabella Coutinho Costa, Suzi Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/8/4/225