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Nominalization in Languages of the Americas
Edited by Roberto Zariquiey, Masayoshi Shibatani and David W. Fleck
[Typological Studies in Language 124] 2019
► pp. 455–490

Chapter 12
Nominalization in Harakmbut

| University of Liège & University of Leuven
This paper focusses on verb-based nominalization in Harakmbut (isolate, Peru), which falls into two formal types on the basis of the prefix used. The first type, using the nominalizing prefix wa(ʔ)-, is restricted to participant nominalization and is predominantly used to produce nouns for NP-use. The second type, using the nominalizing prefix e(ʔ)-, is mainly used for event nominalization and typically produces multi-word nominalizations. Depending on the constructions they occur in and additional suffixation they take, nominalizations with e(ʔ)- can serve complementation as well as adverbial functions. Across the two formal types, multi-word nominalizations combine NP-like external syntax with verb-like internal syntax. The two nominalizing prefixes also serve a basic function in noun-based nominalization, lending independent status to obligatorily bound nouns.
Article outline
  • 1.The Harakmbut language and collection of data
  • 2.Nominalization in Harakmbut
  • 3.Basic features of Harakmbut grammar
  • 4.Nominalization with prefix wa(ʔ)-
    • 4.1Animate referents
    • 4.2Inanimate referents
  • 5.Nominalization with prefix e(ʔ)-
    • 5.1Complement relations
      • 5.1.1Commentative predicates
      • 5.1.2Ability predicates
      • 5.1.3Immediate perception predicates
      • 5.1.4Desiderative predicates
    • 5.2Adverbial relations
      • 5.2.1Temporal relations
      • 5.2.2Concessive relations
      • 5.2.3Conditional relations
      • 5.2.4Locative relations
    • 5.3Participant nominalization
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 8 August 2019
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