Jaime Peña

Peña, Jaime 2019 Chapter 11. Form and functions of nominalization in Wampis Nominalization in Languages of the Americas, Zariquiey, Roberto, Masayoshi Shibatani and David W. Fleck (eds.), pp. 419–454 | Chapter

This paper examines the main morphosyntatic and functional properties of nominalization in Wampis, a Jivaroan (or Chicham) language spoken in Peru. In addition to having derivational properties, nominalized structures are used extensively in Wampis for a variety of functions, including… read more

Peña, Jaime 2018 Chapter 12. Constructions with has(a) in Wampis Nonverbal Predication in Amazonian Languages, Overall, Simon E., Rosa Vallejos and Spike Gildea (eds.), pp. 317–338 | Chapter

This paper analyzes the development of a copular element has(a) ‘become’ in Wampis. Has(a) can occur as a fully inflected verb or as an invariant copula particle. Based on comparative evidence, it is argued that this morpheme has arisen from the phonetic reduction of a posture verb stem meaning… read more

Peña, Jaime 2010 Review of García (2009): The motivated syntax of arbitrary signs. Cognitive constraints on Spanish clitic clustering Studies in Language 34:3, pp. 717–725 | Review

Peña, Jaime 2009 Review of Hannß (2008): Uchumataqu: The Lost Language of the Urus of Bolivia. A Grammatical Description of the Language as Documented between 1894 and 1952 Studies in Language 33:4, pp. 1012–1018 | Review

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