Nominalizer morphemes *-ap and *-at in Proto-Tupi: a study of subordination by the reflexes in daughter languages

• Grant number: 21/12605-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: April 01, 2022
• End date: July 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Historical Linguistics
• Principal Investigator: Luciana Raccanello Storto
• Grantee: João Paulo Fernandes Bento da Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to carry out a comparative study of the subordination functions by the reflections of the *-ap and *-at morphemes (in Proto-Tupi) in the daughter languages of Proto-Tupi, such as infinitization, participle (Moore 1994: 156), nominalization , denial, among others. These protomorphemes are described only as "circumstance nominalizer" and "agent nominalizer", respectively, by Rodrigues and Cabral (2012: 533), with nomenclature coming from studies by Tupinambá de Rodrigues (1953: 143-145). However, this nomenclature does not account for the functions of its reflections in the various occurrences of this morphemes, both in the languages of the Western Branch (Bento 2021) and probably of the Eastern Branch. Many authors, such as Nogueira (2019), Vivanco (2018) and Rocha (2016) took on functions very different from nominalization, such as infinitive, Thematic Vowel (V.T.), imperative and negation, as functions of reflexes of these protomorphemes. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, João Paulo Fernandes Bento da. Nominalizer morphemes *-ap and *-at in Proto-Tupian: Subordination Study by reflexes in the daughter languages. 2024. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.