37.2630, Books: Differential Case-Marking in Ecuadorian Siona: Case (2026)

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Subject: 37.2630, Books: Differential Case-Marking in Ecuadorian Siona: Case (2026)

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Date: 06-Aug-2026
From: Jan Martin [lotdissertations-fgw at uva.nl]
Subject: Differential Case-Marking in Ecuadorian Siona: Case (2026)


Title: Differential Case-Marking in Ecuadorian Siona
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke
(LOT)
           http://www.lotpublications.nl/
Book URL: https://dx.medra.org/10.48273/LOT0719

Author(s): Justin Case

Paperback
ISBN: 978-94-6093-504-6
Pages: 334
Price: 43,00 euros

Abstract:

This dissertation presents a comprehensive analysis of the complex
case-marking patterns as found in the Ecuadorian variety of Siona
language, a Tukanoan language belonging to the western branch. This
endangered language is spoken today by roughly 350 individuals in the
Upper Napo-Aguarico watershed in northwestern Amazonia.
The aim of this work is to investigate the mechanisms of differential
case-marking (DCM), the phenomenon whereby not all subject, object, or
certain spatial arguments bear the same morphological case-markers. To
characterize these patterns, this dissertation employs a range of
methodological approaches, including a comparative typological survey
of case-marking in the region, a quantitative corpus study of DCM in
narratives, and a rigorous elicitation-based research program. The
corroborating evidence indicates a principled system where the
distribution of surface case-marking is conditioned primarily by the
interplay of animacy classes and information structure. Ultimately
Siona DCM is characterized by an admixture of typologically common
properties and unique, language-particular nuances, making this an
important contribution to the theory and the typology of DCM in
Tukanoan languages, in Amazonia, and in the broader literature.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Siona (snn, sion1247)

Language Family(ies): Tukanoan
                      Western Tukanoan




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