Head-marking inflection and the architecture of grammatical theory: Evidence from reduplication and compounding in Hiaki (Yaqui)
Abstract
Within generative grammar, noun incorporation and other compounding processes have traditionally been the focus of morpho-syntacticians, while reduplication has been investigated primarily by morpho-phonologists. The interaction of these two phenomena in a single language has significant implications that go beyond the narrow concerns of these two sub-domains, bearing much more broadly on the architecture of grammatical theory. This paper investigates the interactions of reduplication and compounding within one language, Hiaki (Yaqui). Reduplication for aspectual inflection in Hiaki occurs inside of compounds and other derived words, marking the head of the word. We demonstrate the major architectural issues resting on the analysis of these phenomena by examining how different theoretical perspectives can (or cannot) accommodate the Hiaki data.
Repository Citation
Haugen, Jason D. and Heidi Harley. “Head-marking inflection and the architecture of grammatical theory: Evidence from reduplication and compounding in Hiaki (Yaqui).” In The Persistence of Language: Constructing and Confronting the Past and the Present in the Voices of Jane H. Hill, edited by S. Bischoff, D. Cole, A. V. Fountain, and M. Miyashita, 133-174. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Department
Anthropology
Document Type
Book Chapter
Notes
Section 1. Approaches to the study of the indigenous languages of the Americas
ISBN
9789027202918
Language
English
Format
text
