Radial Categories in Syntax: Non-Resumptive Left Dislocation in Arusa

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dc.contributor.authorKarani, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-04T14:33:07Z
dc.date.available2019-10-04T14:33:07Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses the phenomenon of L(eft) D(islocation) in Arusa – a southern variety of Maasai – and, in particular, the presence of resumption in LD construc¬tions. With respect to resumption, Arusa allows for two types of LD. In most cases, a non-resumptive type of LD is used. This variant is obligatory if a possible resumptive element refers to an argument of the verb of the matrix clause (i.e. subject, direct and indirect objects and applied objects). The resumptive type, which is significantly less frequent, appears only if the dislocate corresponds to an adjunct in the matrix clause. The pervasiveness of the non-resumptive LD stems from the ungrammaticality of overt independent pronominal arguments in most positions in Arusa. As a result, resump¬tion cannot be viewed as a decisive feature for the classification of a construction as LD, and its lack as a sufficient reason to propose a different category. Rather, LD should be viewed as a radial category containing both constructions that match the LD prototype and structures that are more remote from the exemplar.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAndrason, A. & Michael K. 2017. Radial Categories in Syntax: Non-resumptive Left Dislocation in Arusa. Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis Vol. 134 pp. 205–218.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4467/20834624SL.17.014.7088
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5313
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherStudia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensisen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;Vol. 134
dc.subjectCognitive linguistics, Left Dislocation, resumption, prototypes, radial categoriesen_US
dc.titleRadial Categories in Syntax: Non-Resumptive Left Dislocation in Arusaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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