Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to show how language documentation, in the form of a
large corpus of spontaneous data, can give crucial insights about relativization,
and modify some of the assumptions found by elicitation and a limited use of
texts. This study shows that relativization in Siwi, an endangered Berber language
spoken in Egypt, involves several constructions whose formal features depend on
the grammatical role of the head noun, as well as on the restrictive vs. descriptive
modification realized by the relative clause.
large corpus of spontaneous data, can give crucial insights about relativization,
and modify some of the assumptions found by elicitation and a limited use of
texts. This study shows that relativization in Siwi, an endangered Berber language
spoken in Egypt, involves several constructions whose formal features depend on
the grammatical role of the head noun, as well as on the restrictive vs. descriptive
modification realized by the relative clause.
Tipologia CRIS:
4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno
Keywords:
syntax, linguistics, siwi, berber, relativization
Elenco autori:
Schiattarella, Valentina
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Titolo del libro:
Proceedings of Conference on Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory 4