Description and morphosyntactic analysis of noun and verb classes in Pykobjê-Gavião (Timbira)

Author(s)

Talita Rodrigues da Silva

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2011-10-24

Examining board members

Rosane de Sa Amado; Márcia Santos Duarte de Oliveira; Ludoviko Carnasciali dos Santos

• Advisor: Rosane de Sa Amado

Abstract

In this thesis, we have described and analyzed, under the bias morphosyntactic, the parts-of-speech systems we could differ in one Timbiras dialect, known as Pykobjê- Gavião (Macro-Jê Branch, Jê Family). Via a functional-typological approach, we have discussed (i) some aspects about language typology and word order correlations, (ii) some distinctions between noun and verb classes, i.e., the most usual word classes among all natural languages and (iii) some others word classes we could observe in this dialect to extent that they are related to noun and verb. We will see that the names work in Pykobjê-Gavião basically as the core of the argument, whereas the verb, which is high promoter relations, within the clause acts mainly as the core of the predicate. Verbs can be divided for analysis into intransitive verbs (single argument: Sa, So or Sio) or extended intransitive verbs and transitive verbs (two arguments: A and P) or extended transitive verbs. To support our analysis we will use, mainly, Comrie (1985), Dik (1997), Dryer (1999), Givón (1997, 2001), Payne (1997) e Schachter (2007). (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/03812-0 - Analysis of the word classes in Pykobjê-Gavião
• Grantee: Talita Rodrigues da Silva
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master