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Journal of Historical Linguistics
Vol. 9:2 (2019) ► pp.282–312

The origin of purpose clause markers in Proto-Omagua-Kukama

| University of California, Berkeley

This article explores the diachrony of three purpose clause markers in Proto-Omagua-Kukama (Tupí-Guaraní; Amazonia): *-taɾa, *-maiɾa, and *=tsenuni. I explain an absolutive pattern of control in these clauses via an account in which the markers originate in a combination of nominalizers, a purpose suffix, and a postposition. I show that a similar system is attested in at least one other related language, Kamaiurá.

Keywords: Amazonia, Tupí-Guaraní, purpose clause, reanalysis, alignment
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1Sources of purpose clause markers
    • 1.2History & sociolinguistic situation
  • 2.Tupí-Guaraní background
    • 2.1Argumental *-a
    • 2.2Nominalizers
    • 2.3Nominal temporal reference and purpose
    • 2.4Purpose clauses
    • 2.5Postpositions
  • 3.Proto-Omagua-Kukama background
    • 3.1Nominalizers
    • 3.2Nominal temporal reference and purpose
    • 3.3*ts-enoné > *=tsenuni
    • 3.4Purpose clauses
      • 3.4.1*-taɾa
      • 3.4.2*-maiɾa
      • 3.4.3*=tsenuni
      • 3.4.4Interlude: Stativity and alignment
  • 4.Origin of POK purpose clause markers
    • 4.1Grammaticalization of *-taɾa
    • 4.2Grammaticalization of *-maiɾa
    • 4.3Grammaticalization of *=tsenuni
    • 4.4POK and Kamaiurá purpose clauses
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • References
Published online: 29 October 2019
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