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Radial Categories in Syntax: Non-Resumptive Left Dislocation in Arusa

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dc.creator Karani, Michael
dc.date 2019-10-04T14:33:07Z
dc.date 2019-10-04T14:33:07Z
dc.date 2017
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-03T13:06:34Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-03T13:06:34Z
dc.identifier Andrason, A. & Michael K. 2017. Radial Categories in Syntax: Non-resumptive Left Dislocation in Arusa. Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis Vol. 134 pp. 205–218.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5313
dc.identifier 10.4467/20834624SL.17.014.7088
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5313
dc.description This paper discusses the phenomenon of L(eft) D(islocation) in Arusa – a southern variety of Maasai – and, in particular, the presence of resumption in LD construc¬tions. With respect to resumption, Arusa allows for two types of LD. In most cases, a non-resumptive type of LD is used. This variant is obligatory if a possible resumptive element refers to an argument of the verb of the matrix clause (i.e. subject, direct and indirect objects and applied objects). The resumptive type, which is significantly less frequent, appears only if the dislocate corresponds to an adjunct in the matrix clause. The pervasiveness of the non-resumptive LD stems from the ungrammaticality of overt independent pronominal arguments in most positions in Arusa. As a result, resump¬tion cannot be viewed as a decisive feature for the classification of a construction as LD, and its lack as a sufficient reason to propose a different category. Rather, LD should be viewed as a radial category containing both constructions that match the LD prototype and structures that are more remote from the exemplar.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
dc.relation ;Vol. 134
dc.subject Cognitive linguistics, Left Dislocation, resumption, prototypes, radial categories
dc.title Radial Categories in Syntax: Non-Resumptive Left Dislocation in Arusa
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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