'Give' Constructions in the Papuan Languages of Timor-Alor-Pantar
This paper describes three-participant ‘give’ constructions in ten Papuan languages of the Timor-Alor-Pantar (TAP) family. Generally lacking a class of simple ditransitive root verbs, TAP languages express ‘give’ events by means of biclausal constructions (&am...
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| description | This paper describes three-participant ‘give’ constructions in ten Papuan languages of the Timor-Alor-Pantar (TAP) family. Generally lacking a class of simple ditransitive root verbs, TAP languages express ‘give’ events by means of biclausal constructions (‘take X then give Y’), serial verb constructions (‘take X give Y’), or particle-verb constructions originating in serial verb constructions. In this paper, we focus on the syntactic treatment of the gift (T), since it, unlike the other participants in ‘give’ constructions, displays considerable diversity across the TAP languages. Through the study of the synchronic variation in TAP ‘give’ constructions, we reconstruct the syntactic constructions from which the various modern constructions have developed, and sketch the grammaticalization paths that have led to them. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbb684dab6b241e89390a4e0bde0e3d62022-12-22T01:17:10ZengDartmouth College LibraryLinguistic Discovery1537-08522012-01-0110310.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.421421'Give' Constructions in the Papuan Languages of Timor-Alor-PantarMarian KlamerAntionette SchapperThis paper describes three-participant ‘give’ constructions in ten Papuan languages of the Timor-Alor-Pantar (TAP) family. Generally lacking a class of simple ditransitive root verbs, TAP languages express ‘give’ events by means of biclausal constructions (‘take X then give Y’), serial verb constructions (‘take X give Y’), or particle-verb constructions originating in serial verb constructions. In this paper, we focus on the syntactic treatment of the gift (T), since it, unlike the other participants in ‘give’ constructions, displays considerable diversity across the TAP languages. Through the study of the synchronic variation in TAP ‘give’ constructions, we reconstruct the syntactic constructions from which the various modern constructions have developed, and sketch the grammaticalization paths that have led to them.http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.421ditransitiveserial verbsTimor-Alor-Pantar |
| spellingShingle | Marian Klamer Antionette Schapper 'Give' Constructions in the Papuan Languages of Timor-Alor-Pantar Linguistic Discovery ditransitive serial verbs Timor-Alor-Pantar |
| title | 'Give' Constructions in the Papuan Languages of Timor-Alor-Pantar |
| title_full | 'Give' Constructions in the Papuan Languages of Timor-Alor-Pantar |
| title_fullStr | 'Give' Constructions in the Papuan Languages of Timor-Alor-Pantar |
| title_full_unstemmed | 'Give' Constructions in the Papuan Languages of Timor-Alor-Pantar |
| title_short | 'Give' Constructions in the Papuan Languages of Timor-Alor-Pantar |
| title_sort | give constructions in the papuan languages of timor alor pantar |
| topic | ditransitive serial verbs Timor-Alor-Pantar |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.421 |
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