[Lingtyp] Americanist contributions to typology

[Andrew Garrett]

The classic American structuralist literature on the phoneme (Sapir,
Swadesh, Voegelin) is based largely on data from American languages; Boas
was the clear precursor in his "Introduction", and Boas's assertion that
all languages are holophrastic with respect to others is likewise based on
American data.

Andrew

On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Martin Haspelmath <haspelmath at shh.mpg.de>
wrote:

> I would add "applicative" (apparently first used by Antonio del Rincón in
> 1595 with reference to Nahuatl), and "inclusive/exclusive" (apparently
> first used by Domingo de Santo Tomás in 1560 with reference to Quechua).
>
> But I would say that "polysynthesis" and "incorporation" (as noted by
> Bernard Comrie) have been the most important influences of the study of
> languages of the Americas (the terms go back to Du Ponceau and Wilhelm von
> Humboldt, early 19th century). Unfortunately, however, both these terms
> have no clear definition in typology, because they rely on the notion of
> "word" (see my discussion of "incorporation" here:
> https://dlc.hypotheses.org/135). So they may not be as lasting as some of
> the others.
>
> Martin
>
>
> On 03.07.16 23:13, Eva Schultze-Berndt wrote:
>
> Dear David and all,
>
> My additions would be evidentiality, and lexicalization patterns.
>
> Best,
>
> Eva
>
>
>
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> *From:* Lingtyp [lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org] on behalf of
> Bernard Comrie [comrie at linguistics.ucsb.edu]
> *Sent:* 03 July 2016 17:05
> *To:* lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Lingtyp] Americanist contributions to typology
>
> To:      David Beck
>
> Cc:       LingTyp
>
> From:  Bernard Comrie
>
> Date:   2016 Jul 03
>
> Subj:    [Lingtyp] Americanist contributions to typology
>
>
>
> Dear David:
>
>
>
> Herewith some thoughts from my own subjective perspective. I haven't
> avoided some overlap with things that others have submitted. I'll send a PS
> if/when more occur to me.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Bernard
>
>
>
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>
>
> Alignment typology:
>
> -hierarchical alignment, including in relation to inversion
>
> -split/fluid S (and more generally semantic alignment)
>
>
>
> Reference tracking:
>
> switch-reference
>
> obviation
>
>
>
> Polysynthesis:
>
> word-sentences, but especially with many morphemes per word
>
> incorporation
>
>
>
> Internally headed relative clauses
>
>
>
> Numeral system bases
>
> 3 in Coahuiltecan
>
> 8 in Pame
>
> On 16/7/2 07:20, David Beck wrote:
>
> Hi, everyone
>
> At the International Journal of American Linguistics, we’re planning a 100th anniversary issue and part of it will have a survey of developments in linguistics and typology influenced by studies of American (in the Arctic-to-Tierra-del-Fueego sense) languages. So, I thought I would do a bit of a straw poll and ask the typological community what areas they thought had been most influenced by data from American languages (rather than relying on my own narrow point of view). Thoughts?
>
> cheers,
>
> David
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