The road to opacity: Reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *-akin in northern Vanuatu
This paper provides a systematic overview of the modern reflexes of the Proto-Oceanic applicative suffix *-akin in the languages of northern Vanuatu. Our three focal languages are Hiw, Vurës, and Mwotlap, but data from neighboring languages are also used to demonstrate the historical development of...
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Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
2023-03-01
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| description | This paper provides a systematic overview of the modern reflexes of the Proto-Oceanic applicative suffix *-akin in the languages of northern Vanuatu. Our three focal languages are Hiw, Vurës, and Mwotlap, but data from neighboring languages are also used to demonstrate the historical development of *-akin in the area. We describe five different development paths of *-akin, namely (1) as a (semi-)productive applicative suffix; (2) as a non-productive suffix attaching to a verb, with recognizable yet irregular semantics; (3) as a non-productive suffix potentially linked to another root, yet with opaque semantics; (4) as a vestigial syllable in certain words, with no language-internal evidence of any suffixation process; and (5) as a preposition, through a process of degrammaticalization or debonding. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87b62d6d751f4b319f6e481739846f092023-12-21T02:26:50ZengUniversitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Tokyo University of Foreign StudiesNusa0126-28742187-72972023-03-01741418210.15026/0002000018The road to opacity: Reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *-akin in northern VanuatuDaniel Krauße0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9340-6960Alexandre François1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1947-0806 LaTTiCe, CNRS, ENS–PSL, USNAustralian National UniversityThis paper provides a systematic overview of the modern reflexes of the Proto-Oceanic applicative suffix *-akin in the languages of northern Vanuatu. Our three focal languages are Hiw, Vurës, and Mwotlap, but data from neighboring languages are also used to demonstrate the historical development of *-akin in the area. We describe five different development paths of *-akin, namely (1) as a (semi-)productive applicative suffix; (2) as a non-productive suffix attaching to a verb, with recognizable yet irregular semantics; (3) as a non-productive suffix potentially linked to another root, yet with opaque semantics; (4) as a vestigial syllable in certain words, with no language-internal evidence of any suffixation process; and (5) as a preposition, through a process of degrammaticalization or debonding.https://tufs.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2000018 |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Krauße Alexandre François The road to opacity: Reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *-akin in northern Vanuatu Nusa |
| title | The road to opacity: Reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *-akin in northern Vanuatu |
| title_full | The road to opacity: Reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *-akin in northern Vanuatu |
| title_fullStr | The road to opacity: Reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *-akin in northern Vanuatu |
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| title_short | The road to opacity: Reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *-akin in northern Vanuatu |
| title_sort | road to opacity reflexes of proto oceanic akin in northern vanuatu |
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