In:Caused Accompanied Motion: Bringing and taking events in a cross-linguistic perspective
Edited by Anna Margetts, Sonja Riesberg and Birgit Hellwig
[Typological Studies in Language 134] 2022
► pp. 101–146
The expression of directed caused accompanied motion events in Yurakaré
Semantics, pragmatics, and interactional variability
Published online: 25 May 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.134.05gip
https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.134.05gip
Abstract
This chapter gives an overview of the expression of directed caused accompanied motion events in Yurakaré (isolate, Bolivia) spoken discourse. Building on previous descriptive work by van Gijn (2005, 2006, 2011b), the chapter sets a focus on discourse frequencies of the relevant constructions, including a detailed analysis of the contributions of semantics and pragmatics to the expression of the four defining meaning components (directedness, causation, accompaniment, motion). In addition, I examine the variability in interactants’ choice of expression when describing the same event, emphasizing different aspects of the event with their choice. I argue that interactional strategies such as self‑ and cross-speaker repetition can explain part of the variability by influencing discourse frequencies.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Data and method
- 3.Grammatical background
- 3.1Expression of non-core arguments
- 3.2Applicatives
- 3.3Clause chaining and serialization
- 4.Expressing (directed) CAM events with the canonical CAM construction
- 4.1Semantic properties of the construction
- 4.2Motion verbs used in the construction
- 4.3Expression of directedness
- 4.4Encoding of overt goal, source, and path arguments
- 4.5Properties of agent and theme arguments
- 5.Alternative expressions
- 5.1Dependent-marking associative construction
- 5.2Motion verb with comitative applicative
- 5.3Motion verb with goal applicative
- 5.4Motion verb with plural subject
- 5.5Other cross-linguistically relevant verb types
- 6.Interactional variability
- 7.Conclusion
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