Finiteness and Nominalization

Editors

Claudine Chamoreau | CNRS (CEMCA | SeDyL-CELIA)

Zarina Estrada-Fernández | Universidad de Sonora

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This volume addresses the relation between finiteness and nominalization, which is far more complex than the simple opposition finite-nonfinite. The contributions analyze finiteness cross-linguistically from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives, focusing on a number of topics that has not been thoroughly explored in the literature. First, the correlation between finiteness and nominalization is also affected by a third factor, information structure. Second, there is a correlation between the continuum of finiteness and the scale from main/independent clauses to dependent clauses. Given that of nominalized constructions occur not only in dependent clauses, but also in independent clauses, it is possible to grade according to degree of nominalization, which can then be related to the scale of finiteness. Finally, each of these scales can also be seen as a product the diachronic process of re-finitization and of finitization.

[Typological Studies in Language, 113] 2016. vii, 380 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.113

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments | pp. vii–viii

Finiteness and nominalization: An overview

Claudine Chamoreau and Zarina Estrada-Fernández | pp. 1–10

PART I. Finiteness, nominalization and information structure

Finiteness, nominalization, and information structure: Convergence and divergence

Walter Bisang | pp. 13–42

Exploring finiteness and non-finiteness in Pima Bajo (Uto-Aztecan)

Zarina Estrada-Fernández | pp. 43–68

PART II. Correlation between continuum of finiteness and scale from dependent to independent clause

Finiteness in Haruai

Bernard Comrie | pp. 71–82

Non-finite chain-medial clauses on the continuum of finiteness in Purepecha

Claudine Chamoreau | pp. 83–104

PART III. Nominalization structures and their relation to the scale of finiteness

The evolution of grammatical nominalizations in Cahita languages

Albert Álvarez González | pp. 107–140

On the tightrope between infinitives and action nouns: The case of Otomi nominalizations

Enrique L. Palancar | pp. 141–170

Referential markers in Oceanic nominalized constructions

Claire Moyse-Faurie | pp. 171–204

The role of nominalization in theticity: A Sikuani contribution

Francesc Queixalós | pp. 205–242

On non-finiteness and canonical imperatives

Bernd Heine | pp. 243–268

PART IV. Diachronic process: re-finitization and finitization

Nominalization and re-finitization

T. Givón | pp. 271–296

Shifting finiteness in nominalization: From definitization to refinitization

Marianne Mithun | pp. 297–322

The Manner converb in Beja (Cushitic) and its refinitization

Martine Vanhove | pp. 323–344

On finitization

Françoise Rose | pp. 345–370

Language Index | pp. 371–372

Name Index | pp. 373–376

Subject Index | pp. 377–380

“This wonderful collection of articles by leading linguists brings together an impressive amount of knowledge on theoretical, typological, and diachronic aspects of the relation between finiteness and nominalization. The contributions discuss a wide range of phenomena and cover a great variety of languages, achieving both breadth and depth: a truly significant contribution and a must-read for anyone interested in finiteness and nominalization.”

Rik van Gijn, University of Zurich

“An inspiring collection that extends the discussion of finiteness and nominalization to new languages and topics and suggests insightful synchronic and diachronic links among a broad range of phenomena.”

Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Stockholm University

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2019. Chapter 3. Nominalization in cross-linguistic diachronic perspective. In Nominalization in Languages of the Americas [Typological Studies in Language, 124], ► pp. 169 ff.

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