Somes Aspects about Ergativity in The Bakairi Language (Karibean Family)

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https://doi.org/10.22481/el.v4i1.1029

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Ergativity, Morphosyntax, Bakairi language, Karibean family

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to bring out aspects of different kinds which reaffirm the Bakairi language as an ergative one. Our analysis is based on morphological and syntactic examples, since the Bakairi nature does not express the ergativity through nominal case marks. Therefore, a recurrent fact in our analysis is to reinforce a structural pattern of ergativity, and not only a morphological one. In this structural pattern, we register the presence of a functional head (light v) related to the transitivity of the sentences in the language.
KEYWORDS: Ergativity. Morphosyntax. Bakairi language; Karibean family.

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Author Biography

Tania Conceição Clemente de Souza, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ/Brazil)/ National Museum (MN/Brazil)

Tania Conceição Clemente de Souza defendeu tese de doutorado sobre a língua Bakairí (UNICAMP, 1994). Seus estudos sobre língua indígena voltam-se particularmente para a fonologia, a morfologia, a sintaxe, a análise do discurso, assim como para as relações entre escrita e oralidade.

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2006-12-30

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2006): Estudos da Língua(gem) - ISSN: 1982-0534

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