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Variations on Polysynthesis
The Eskaleut languages
Editors
This work is comprised of a set of papers focussing on the extreme polysynthetic nature of the Eskaleut languages which are spoken over the vast area stretching from Far Eastern Siberia, on through the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and Canada, as far as Greenland. The aim of the book is to situate the Eskaleut languages typologically in general linguistic terms, particularly with regard to polysynthesis. The degree of variation from more to less polysynthesis is evaluated within Eskaleut (Inuit-Yupik vs. Aleut), even in previously insufficiently explored domains such as pragmatics and use in context – including language contact and learning situations – and over typologically related language families such as Athabascan, Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Iroquoian, Uralic, and Wakashan.
[Typological Studies in Language, 86] 2009. ix, 312 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 27 March 2009
Published online on 27 March 2009
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Preface | pp. vii–ix
- Part I. Polysynthesis
- Polysynthesis in the ArcticMarianne Mithun | pp. 3–17
- Polysynthesis as a typological feature: An attempt at a characterization from Eskimo and Athabaskan perspectivesWillem J. de Reuse | pp. 19–34
- Analytic vs. synthetic verbal constructions in Chukchi and West GreenlandicMichael Fortescue | pp. 35–49
- Lexical polysynthesis: Should we treat lexical bases and their affixes as a continuum?Nicole Tersis | pp. 51–64
- How synchronic is synchronic analysis? Siberian Yupik agglutinative morphology and language historyNikolai Vakhtin | pp. 65–80
- Comparative constructions in Central Alaskan YupikOsahito Miyaoka | pp. 81–94
- Part II. Around the verb
- The efficacy of anaphoricity in AleutJerrold M. Sadock | pp. 97–114
- Objective conjugations in Eskaleut and Uralic: Evidence from Inuit and MansiMarc-Antoine Mahieu | pp. 115–134
- Complex verb formation revisited: Restructuring in Inuktitut and Nuu-chah-nulthChristine M. Pittman | pp. 135–147
- Determining the semantics of Inuktitut postbasesConor Cook and Alana Johns | pp. 149–170
- The marking of past time in Kalaallisut, the Greenlandic languageNaja Frederikke Trondhjem | pp. 171–182
- Part III. Discourses and contacts
- Tracking topics: A comparison of topic in Aleut and Greenlandic discourseAnna Berge | pp. 185–200
- Arguments and information management in InuktitutElke Nowak | pp. 201–214
- Space and structure in Greenlandic oral traditionArnaq Grove | pp. 215–230
- Grammatical structures in Greenlandic as found in texts written by young Greenlanders at the turn of the millenniumKaren Langgård | pp. 231–247
- Chat – New rooms for language contactBirgitte Jacobsen | pp. 249–260
- Seward Peninsula Inupiaq and language contact around Bering StraitLawrence D. Kaplan | pp. 261–272
- Typological constraints on code mixing in Inuktitut–English bilingual adultsShanley E.M. Allen, Fred Genesee, Sarah Fish and Martha Crago | pp. 273–306
- Index of languages | pp. 307–308
- Index of subjects | pp. 309–312
“Variations on Polysynthesis is a great thought-provoking book.”
André Bourcier, Yukon Native Language Center, in Études/Inuit/Studies
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