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| Author(s): |
Raphael Augusto Oliveira Barbosa
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem |
| Defense date: | 2017-03-31 |
| Examining board members: |
Angel Humberto Corbera Mori;
Maria Sueli de Aguiar;
Rogério Vicente Ferreira;
Maria Filomena Spatti Sândalo;
Wilmar D'Angelis
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| Advisor: | Angel Humberto Corbera Mori |
| Abstract | |
This thesis presents the grammaticalization of ergative, instrumental, genitive (and locative) syncretism in matis and in a group of Pano languages. The objective of this study is to investigate whether the syncretism of these cases, generally marked with the nasal feature at the right of the noun phrase, is a result of grammaticalization processeses of locative and instrumental (nominal) cases and derivation of genitive and ergative ((pro)nominal) cases. Based on the basic principles of Typological-Functional Linguistics, I propose a formal e functional description of each casual morpheme and a typological comparison of the constructions of this case syncretism. At first, the introduction is presented and then the comparison of locative and genitive cases is performed in the second chapter, followed by the analysis of the instrumental and ergative cases in the third chapter, so the conclusion. The general results describe that the locative and possessive functions of the monosyllabic morphemes referring to bodyparts indicate the presence of a possessor in object function, without morphological case-marking. In this sense, based on the grammaticalization of these monosyllabic morphemes, I describe that the source of the genitive case is a benefactive morpheme that indicates the destination (possessor) of a reference (possessee). Finally, the study describes the lexicalization of the instrumental nominalizer suffix and the processes of reanalysis of oblique cases that result in the grammaticalization of the ergative case (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/23156-3 - Transitivity in Pano and Takana languages: typological aspects between two linguistic families in South America |
| Grantee: | Raphael Augusto Oliveira Barbosa |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |