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In:Nonverbal Predication in Amazonian Languages
Edited by Simon E. Overall, Rosa Vallejos and Spike Gildea
[Typological Studies in Language 122] 2018
► pp. 1–50

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Chapter 1
Nonverbal predication in Amazonia

Typological and diachronic considerations

 | University of Otago | James Cook University
 | University of New Mexico
 | University of Oregon
Published online: 21 August 2018
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Article outline
  • 1.Preliminaries
    • 1.1Defining nonverbal predication
    • 1.2What constitutes an Amazonian language?
  • 2.Structural properties
    • 2.1Nonverbal predication that resembles verbal predication
    • 2.2Nonverbal predication that is distinct from verbal predication
    • 2.3Partially verbal copulas
    • 2.4Alternation and suppletion
  • 3.Mapping semantic functions and structural strategies
  • 4.Diachronic development of nonverbal clauses and copulas
    • 4.1A diachronic typology of nonverbal predication
    • 4.2Specific diachronic changes identified in Amazonian languages
      • 4.2.1Identity predicate > other nonverbal predicates
      • 4.2.2Location predicate > property predicate > nominal predicate
      • 4.2.3Verbal predicate > property predicate > nominal predicate
      • 4.2.4Location predicate > existential predicate
      • 4.2.5Sources of possession predicates
    • 4.3Some problems of determining directionality
  • 5.This volume
    • Part I.Overviews of nonverbal predication in individual languages
    • Part II.Exploring specific subtypes of nonverbal predicates
    • Part III.Diachronic pathways to and from nonverbal predication
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations and conventions
  • References
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