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Constructional Polysemy and Mental Spaces in Potawatomi Discourse
Laura Buszard-Welcher. - : Berkeley: University of California, 2003
Abstract: ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines several grammatical features of Potawatomi, a Central Algonquian language, whose syntactic distributions in traditional narrative are different from those found in everyday discourse. These grammatical features include the verbal paradigmatic orders known as the independent and conjunct, a verbal prefix é-, and obviation. In everyday discourse, independents are main clause forms, and conjuncts are generally subordinate clause forms. The verbal prefix é- is a marker of factivity within a subordinate clause. In narrative, however, most main clause verbs take the conjunct prefixed with é-. The function of obviation in everyday discourse is largely syntactic, with several several obligatory contexts of application. In narrative, however, it is optionally used to foreground and background characters, and to represent shifts in viewpoint. These distributions raise the issue of the relationship between between syntactic structure and discourse structure, and present the challenge to linguistic theory of accounting for syntax that is dependent on discourse context. I argue that the discourse-dependent distributions of these grammatical phenomena can be explained in a cognitive linguistic framework, which assumes that syntax is not autonomous, but part of a continuum of form / meaning pairings which includes the lexicon and discourse structures. Within this framework, I propose that the aspects of Potawatomi grammar described above participate in several constructions that map a particular grammatical form onto multiple functions in both syntax and discourse. Using Mental Spaces theory, I show that these functions are related to each other in the way they structure and index aspects of mental spaces networks. I also argue for a productive mental space blend in Potawatomi that takes as its input spaces syntactic and discourse uses of constructions. In this way, possible contexts for the application of a construction in one domain can be associated with established contexts in the other. When the cross-space mappings are made, the blend can be 'run' and the construction applied to the new domain. This blend demonstrates that a full semantic description of these constructions requires explaining their functions within the domains of syntax and discourse, as well the relationships between their functions across these domains.
Keyword: Potawatomi; Potawatomi grammar; Potawatomi language; syntax
URL: http://www.archive.org/details/ConstructionalPolysemyAndMentalSpacesInPotawatomiDiscourse
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Analyse de textes san (parler de Toma)
Woodham, Kathryn. - : Rudiger Koppe Verlag, 2003
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ТАБАСАРАНСКИЙ ЯЗЫК (The Tabassaran Language)
К. К. Курбаноє. - : Moscow: Academia, 2003
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Case and Agreement in Abaza
O'Herin, Brian. - : SIL International and The University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, 138, 2002
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Elementos para una Gramática de la Lengua Piapoco
Galindo, Andrés Eduardo Reinoso. - : Colombia: Ministerio de Cultura, 2002
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Dictionary of Khmu in Laos
Premsrirat, Suwilai; Thawornpat, Mayuree. - : Mahidol University at Salaya, Thailand, 2002
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Gramatica del Idioma Yaminahua
Loos, Eugene E.. - : Peru: Instituto Linguistico de Verano, 2002
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A Grammar of Yakan
Benrens, Dietlinae: Brainard ,SJierri. - : Manila, Linguistic Society of the Piiilippines, 2002
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Facts About the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present; Pangasinan
Rubino, Carl; Garry, Jane (ed.); Rubino, Carl (ed.). - : New York: H. W. Wilson, 2001
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Mapun-English Dictionary
Collins, Millard A.; Collins, Virginia R.. - : Summer Institute of Linguistics, 2001
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Facts About the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present: Hiligaynon
Zorc, R. David. - : New York: H. W. Wilson, 2001
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Facts About the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present: Haitian Creole
Zephir, Flore. - : New York/Dublin: H. W. Wilson, 2001
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Facts About the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present: Central Alaskan Yup'ik Eskimo
Charles, George; Rubino, Carl. - : New York: H. W. Wilson, 2001
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Facts About the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present: Creek
Martin, Jack B.; Mauldin, Margaret McKane. - : New York: H. W. Wilson, 2001
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Facts About the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present: Cebuano
Wolff, John. - : New York: H. W. Wilson, 2001
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Masbatenyo Grammar
Wolfenden, Elmer P.. - : Linguistic Society of the Philippines, 2001
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Navajo
Field, Margaret. - : H. W. Wilson, 2001
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Studies in Irian Languages, Part II
Reesink, Ger P.. - : NUSA: Linguistic Studies of Indonesian and Other Languages in Indonesia, 2000
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Abkhaz: A Descriptive Grammar
Hewitt, George B.. - : Routledge, 2000
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Compendium of the World's Languages
Campbell, George R.. - : Routledge, 2000
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