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Advances in Contact Linguistics: In honour of Pieter Muysken
Edited by Norval Smith, Tonjes Veenstra and Enoch O. Aboh
[Contact Language Library 57] 2020
► pp. 179–216

Areal diffusion of applicatives in the Amazon

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Many genetically unrelated languages of (North)western Amazonia share certain specific characteristics, which may be due to areal diffusion. Especially the eclectic classifier systems encountered across this region have been in focus lately, as well as valency changing strategies, in particular applicatives involving forms resembling -tA, which show conspicuous similarities across (North)western and Southern Amazonia. Ongoing research in Southern Amazonia has led to the identification of a number of very similar traits and even some striking formal similarities. Even though the (North)western and Southern Amazon may not constitute a single linguistic area, certain grammatical traits such as classifier systems and valency-changing strategies can be considered as areal features of the Amazon region as a whole, and beyond. In this article we will discuss correspondences between the expressions of valency change in the (North)western and Southern Amazon regions.

Keywords: applicatives, valency-changing morphemes, areal diffusion, Amazonia
Article outline
  • 1.Background
  • 2.Applicatives in the Amazon
    • 2.1(North)western Amazon
    • 2.2Southern Amazon
    • 2.3Bolivian Andean foothills
    • 2.4Andean
  • 3.Discussion
  • 4.By way of conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • References
Published online: 29 October 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/coll.57.06cre
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