35.3170, Books: Conditional Indexing: Walker (2024)

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Date: 25-Oct-2024
From: Jan Martin [lotdissertations-fgw at uva.nl]
Subject: Conditional Indexing: Walker (2024)


Title: Conditional Indexing
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series
Publication Year: 2024
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke
(LOT)
                http://www.lotpublications.nl/
Book URL: https://dx.medra.org/10.48273/LOT0678

Author: Katherine Walker
Paperback: ISBN: 978-94-6093-465-0 Pages: 243 Price: Europe EURO 36,00
Abstract:

Conditional Indexing

This thesis investigates conditional indexing in argument marking
systems from a typological perspective, as well as providing a case
study on Kamang, an endangered Alor-Pantar language of Indonesia.
Conditional indexing – a type of Differential Argument Marking – is a
system in which a particular argument is indexed (i.e., marked on the
verb), not indexed, or indexed differently under certain conditions.

The typological study shows that conditional indexing of core argument
roles S, A, and P is widespread, and that systems are frequently
multifactorial. Different condition profiles are found for each role:
TAMEP (tense, aspect, mood, evidentiality, polarity) is more frequent
for S and A compared to P, and verb class is more frequent for S and P
compared to A. Referential conditions (person/number, animacy,
discourse status) are common in all roles, and higher referentiality
correlates with greater likelihood of overt indexing compared to zero
indexing.

Two case studies investigate conditional indexing in Kamang, which
indexes S and P via several prefix paradigms or zero indexing. A
quantitative discourse study explores referential conditions,
including animacy and topicality, revealing different preferences for
different prefixes. A qualitative study focuses on the event-semantic
conditioning of one of the prefix paradigms. This prefix occurs in
elaboration constructions, which shift the viewpoint to the middle and
end of an event, and share properties with middle and resultative
constructions in other languages. Each study contributes to an
enhanced understanding of Kamang’s multifactorial conditional-indexing
system, in which lexical restrictions play a major role.

Linguistic Field(s): Typology

Subject Language(s): Kamang (woi)

Language Family(ies): Alor
                      Pantar

Written In: English (eng)



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