Pilar M. Valenzuela
List of John Benjamins publications in which Pilar M. Valenzuela is involved.
2016 “Simple” and “double” applicatives in Shiwilu (Kawapanan) Studies in Language 40:3, pp. 513–550 | Article
Shiwilu (Kawapanan, Peru) exhibits a prolific applicative system that comprises seven constructions involving distinct affixes. The present article offers the first account of this feature. In so doing, it seeks to expand our typological knowledge of linguistic systems with multiple applicative… read more
2010 Ergativity in Shipibo-Konibo, a Panoan language of the Ucayali Ergativity in Amazonia, Gildea, Spike and Francesc Queixalós (eds.), pp. 65–96 | Article
Shipibo-Konibo (a Panoan language from the Peruvian Amazon) has a highly consistent ergative-absolutive case-marking system that operates all along the Animacy Hierarchy. The marker -n (which exhibits a rich allomorphy) indicates ergative, genitive, instrumental and other oblique functions. Through… read more
2003 2. Evidentiality in Shipibo-Konibo, with a comparative overview of the category in Panoan Studies in Evidentiality, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.), pp. 33–61 | Chapter
2002 Causativization and transitivity in Shipibo-Konibo The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation, Shibatani, Masayoshi (ed.), pp. 417–483 | Article