Morphosyntactic and functional asymmetries in Vatlongos discourse demonstratives

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dc.contributor.authorRidge E
dc.contributor.editorNæss, Å
dc.contributor.editorMargetts, A
dc.contributor.editorTreiss, Y
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-04T01:22:33Z
dc.date.available2020
dc.date.available2023-04-04T01:22:33Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-28
dc.description.abstractVatlongos (also known as Southeast Ambrym, Oceanic, Vanuatu) has four demonstrative categories: three person-based distance distinctions (first-person proximal, second-person proximal, and distal) and a contrastive category. In spatial situational domains, and to refer to locative referents, first-person proximal, second-person proximal and distal categories are distinguished from each other. Discourse functions are largely structured around an opposition between forms based on the first-person proximal clitic ak and the contrastive suffix -e. The wider morphosyntactic distribution of the first-person proximal is reflected in its discourse functions, as the unmarked forms for anaphora and recognitional uses. The more restricted contrastive -e forms also occur in contexts of negative affect. In the verbal forms this asymmetry is even more striking. The first-person proximal verbal demonstrative mak is the general manner demonstrative, occurring both as a main verb and modifying other verbs in serial verb constructions. The verbal form based on contrastive -e, mue, is only used in hesitation, a specialisation that could arise from the role of contrastive -e forms in discourse repair to modify placeholders.
dc.description.confidentialfalse
dc.description.place-of-publicationBerlin
dc.format.extent70 - 101
dc.identifierhttps://langsci-press.org/index
dc.identifier4
dc.identifier.citationDemonstratives in Discourse, 2020, pp. 70 - 101
dc.identifier.doi10.5281/zenodo.4055818
dc.identifier.elements-id460760
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/18148
dc.publisherLanguage Science Press
dc.publisher.urihttps://langsci-press.org/index
dc.relation.isPartOfDemonstratives in Discourse
dc.relation.isPartOfTopic at the Grammar-Discourse Interface
dc.relation.urihttps://langsci-press.org/catalog/view/282/2650/2021-1
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleMorphosyntactic and functional asymmetries in Vatlongos discourse demonstratives
dc.typechapter
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Humanities, Media & Creative Communication
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