Syntactic aspects of nominalization in five Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area

The goal of this paper is to describe some of the syntactic structures that are created through nominalization processes in Himalayan Tibeto-Burman languages and the relationships between those structures. These include both structures involving the nominalization of clauses (e.g. complement c...

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Main Authors: Genetti, Carol, Coupe, Alexander R., Bartee, Ellen, Hildebrandt, Kristine, Lin, You-Jing
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1777422024-06-04T06:33:05Z Syntactic aspects of nominalization in five Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area Genetti, Carol Coupe, Alexander R. Bartee, Ellen Hildebrandt, Kristine Lin, You-Jing University of California, Santa Barbara Research Centre for Linguistic Typology La Trobe University SIL SIUE UC Santa Barbara Arts and Humanities Tibeto-Burma Derivational nominalization The goal of this paper is to describe some of the syntactic structures that are created through nominalization processes in Himalayan Tibeto-Burman languages and the relationships between those structures. These include both structures involving the nominalization of clauses (e.g. complement clauses, relative clauses) and structures involving the nominalization of verbs and predicates (e.g. the derivation of nouns and adjectives). We will argue that, synchronically, clausal nominalization, structurally represented as [clause]NP, is the basic structure underlying many of the nominalizing constructions in these languages, even though individual constructions embed and alter this structure in interesting ways. In addition to clausal nominalization, we will illustrate the presence of derivational nominalization, represented as [V-NOM]N and [V-NOM]ADJ, although some nominal derivations target the predicate, not the verb root as their domain. We will also demonstrate that derivational nominalization can be seen as having developed from clausal nominalization, at least for some forms in some languages, and that the opposite direction of development, from derivational to clausal structures, is also attested. We will conclude with some syntactic observations pertinent to recent claims made on the historical relationship between nominalization and relativization, demonstrating that there are various ways that these structures can be related. This study is based on data from five Tibeto Burman languages of the Himalayan area: Manange, Dolakha Newar, Mongsen Ao, Dongwang Tibetan, and Zhuokeji rGyalrong. Published version 2024-06-04T06:33:05Z 2024-06-04T06:33:05Z 2008 Journal Article Genetti, C., Coupe, A. R., Bartee, E., Hildebrandt, K. & Lin, Y. (2008). Syntactic aspects of nominalization in five Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 31(2), 97-143. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.31.2.04 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177742 10.32655/LTBA.31.2.04 2 31 97 143 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2008 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf
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topic Arts and Humanities
Tibeto-Burma
Derivational nominalization
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Tibeto-Burma
Derivational nominalization
Genetti, Carol
Coupe, Alexander R.
Bartee, Ellen
Hildebrandt, Kristine
Lin, You-Jing
Syntactic aspects of nominalization in five Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area
description The goal of this paper is to describe some of the syntactic structures that are created through nominalization processes in Himalayan Tibeto-Burman languages and the relationships between those structures. These include both structures involving the nominalization of clauses (e.g. complement clauses, relative clauses) and structures involving the nominalization of verbs and predicates (e.g. the derivation of nouns and adjectives). We will argue that, synchronically, clausal nominalization, structurally represented as [clause]NP, is the basic structure underlying many of the nominalizing constructions in these languages, even though individual constructions embed and alter this structure in interesting ways. In addition to clausal nominalization, we will illustrate the presence of derivational nominalization, represented as [V-NOM]N and [V-NOM]ADJ, although some nominal derivations target the predicate, not the verb root as their domain. We will also demonstrate that derivational nominalization can be seen as having developed from clausal nominalization, at least for some forms in some languages, and that the opposite direction of development, from derivational to clausal structures, is also attested. We will conclude with some syntactic observations pertinent to recent claims made on the historical relationship between nominalization and relativization, demonstrating that there are various ways that these structures can be related. This study is based on data from five Tibeto Burman languages of the Himalayan area: Manange, Dolakha Newar, Mongsen Ao, Dongwang Tibetan, and Zhuokeji rGyalrong.
author2 University of California, Santa Barbara
author_facet University of California, Santa Barbara
Genetti, Carol
Coupe, Alexander R.
Bartee, Ellen
Hildebrandt, Kristine
Lin, You-Jing
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author Genetti, Carol
Coupe, Alexander R.
Bartee, Ellen
Hildebrandt, Kristine
Lin, You-Jing
author_sort Genetti, Carol
title Syntactic aspects of nominalization in five Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area
title_short Syntactic aspects of nominalization in five Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area
title_full Syntactic aspects of nominalization in five Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area
title_fullStr Syntactic aspects of nominalization in five Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area
title_full_unstemmed Syntactic aspects of nominalization in five Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area
title_sort syntactic aspects of nominalization in five tibeto-burman languages of the himalayan area
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