Complementation: A Cross-Linguistic Typoloy (A Sipri Publication)

305 Pages·2006·1.59 MB·English

by  R. M. W. Dixon

Complementation
ExplorationsinLinguisticTypology
generaleditors
AlexandraY.AikhenvaldandR.M.W.Dixon
ResearchCentreforLinguisticTypology,LaTrobeUniversity
Thisseriesfocusesonaspectsoflanguagethatareofcurrenttheoreticalinterest
and for which there has not previously or recently been any full-scale cross-
linguisticstudy.Itsbooksarefortypologists,Weldworkers,andtheorydevelop-
ers,anddesignedforuseinadvancedseminarsandcourses.
published
1 AdjectiveClasses
editedby
R.M.W.DixonandAlexandraY.Aikhenvald
2 SerialVerbConstructions
editedby
AlexandraY.AikhenvaldandR.M.W.Dixon
3 Complementation
editedby
R.M.W.DixonandAlexandraY.Aikhenvald
forthcoming
4 GrammarsinContact
editedby
AlexandraY.AikhenvaldandR.M.W.Dixon
publishedinassociationwiththeseries
ArealDiVusionandGeneticInheritance
ProblemsinComparativeLinguistics
editedby
AlexandraY.AikhenvaldandR.M.W.Dixon
Complementation
A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Edited by
R. M. W. DIXON
and
ALEXANDRA Y. AIKHENVALD
Research Centre for Linguistic Typology
La Trobe University
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Contents
Preface ix
Notesoncontributors x
Abbreviations xiii
1 ComplementClausesandComplementationStrategiesin
TypologicalPerspective 1
R.M.W.Dixon
1 Introduction 1
2 Typesofcomplexsentences 2
3 Corearguments 7
4 Semantictypesofverbs 8
5 Complementclauses 15
6 Semantictypesofverbsandtypesofcomplementclauses 27
7 Complementationstrategies 33
8 Theindividualstudiesinthisvolume 40
9 Conclusion 42
Appendix:notesonterminology 44
References 46
2 ComplementClauseTypesinPennsylvaniaGerman 49
KateBurridge
1 Settingthescene 49
2 Introduction 51
3 Verbtypesandcomplementation 58
4 Concludingremarks:theriseofFERcomplementclauses 68
References 70
3 ComplementClauseTypesinIsraeli 72
Ghil‘adZuckermann
1 Basicinformation 72
2 GrammaticalproWle 73
3 ThediVerencebetweenshe-complementclausesand
relativeclauses 76
4 Structuraltypesofcomplementclauses 78
5 Complement-takingverbs 87
vi Contents
6 Secondaryconcepts 91
7 Concludingremarks 91
References 92
4 ComplementClauseTypeandComplementationStrategy in
Jarawara 93
R.M.W.Dixon
1 Basicinformation 94
2 GrammaticalproWle 94
3 Structureofacomplementclause 98
4 Complement-takingverbs 110
5 Acomplementationstrategy forindirectspeech 112
6 Conclusion 113
References 114
5 ComplementClauseTypesandComplementationStrategy in
WhiteHmong 115
NeridaJarkey
1 Vitalstatistics 115
2 TypologicalproWle 116
3 Furthergrammaticalpreliminaries 117
4 Complementclauses 119
5 Thecomplementationstrategy 129
6 Verbsandverbtypes 131
7 ComparisonofuseofdiVerentcomplementizerswiththe
sameverb 131
8 Conclusion 135
References 135
6 ComplementClauseTypesandComplementationStrategy in
DolakhaNewar 137
CarolGenetti
1 Thelanguage 137
2 Basicgrammaticalfacts 137
3 Complementclauses 141
4 Complementationstrategy:inWnitiveverbplusgrammatical
auxiliary 152
5 Complement-takingverbs 153
6 Secondaryconcepts 156
7 Conclusions 157
References 157
Contents vii
7 ComplementClauseTypesandComplementationStrategiesin
Akkadian 159
GuyDeutscher
1 Basicinformation 159
2 TypologicalproWle 160
3 Complementclauses 161
4 Complementationstrategies 170
5 Complement-takingverbs 173
6 Secondaryconcepts 175
7 Historicaldevelopment 176
8 Conclusion 176
References 177
Abbreviationsoftexteditions 177
8 ComplementClauseTypesandComplementationStrategiesin
Tariana 178
AlexandraY.Aikhenvald
1 Background 178
2 TypologicalproWleandclausetypes 179
3 Complementclauses 183
4 Complementationstrategies 195
5 Conclusions 201
References 203
9 ComplementClauseTypeandComplementationStrategiesin
Goemai 204
BirgitHellwig
1 Typologicalbackground 205
2 Complementation 208
3 Complementationstrategies 215
4 Conclusion 221
References 222
10 ComplementClauseTypeandComplementation
StrategiesinMatses 224
DavidW.Fleck
1 Introduction 224
2 TypologicalproWleofMatses 225
3 Thedesiderativecomplementclause:theonly
complementclauseinMatses 227
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4 Complementationstrategies 233
5 Conclusions 243
References 244
11 ComplementClauseTypeandComplementation
Strategy inKambera 245
MarianKlamer
1 Introduction 245
2 Grammaticaloverview 246
3 Majorclausetypes 248
4 Major wordclasses 249
5 Multi-clausalsentences 249
6 Nominalclauses 252
7 Complementationstrategy:controlledclauses 256
8 Perceptionverbsandthequotativeconstruction 259
9 Summaryandconclusions 261
References 262
12 ComplementationStrategiesinDyirbal 263
R.M.W.Dixon
1 Introduction 263
2 Backgroundinformation 264
3 Basicgrammar 267
4 Complementationstrategies 269
5 Discussion 277
References 278
Author index 281
Languageandlanguagefamily index 283
Subjectindex 285
Preface
Thisvolumeincludesatypologicalintroduction,plusrevisedversionsoften
of the sixteen presentations at the International Workshop on ‘Complement
clauses and complementation strategies’, held at the Research Centre for
Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University, 16–21 August 2004. Chapter 12, on
Dyirbal, has been added in order to include an accountof a language which
lacks complement clauses and relies entirely on complementation strategies.
AnearlierversionofChapter1hadbeencirculatedtocontributors,toensure
that the detailed studies of complementation clauses and complementation
strategies in individual languages were cast in terms of the same typological
parameters.ThisisthethirdmonographintheseriesExplorationsinlinguistic
typology,whichisdevotedtovolumesfromworkshopssponsoredbyRCLT.
The weekof the workshopwas an exhilarating experience, with the parti-
cipantsassistingeachotherinunderstandingandexplaining how individual
languages work, and with the group as a whole coming to grips with the
general nature of and mechanisms for complementation. All of the authors
havepursuedintensiveinvestigationsoflanguages,someofthemlittleknown
intheliterature.Theywereaskedtowriteintermsofbasiclinguistictheory—
thecumulativeframeworkinwhichmostdescriptivegrammarsarecast—and
to avoid formalisms (which come and go with such frequency that any
statementmadeintermsofthemwillsoonbecomedatedandinaccessible).
WeoweaspecialdebtofgratitudetoSiewPengCondon,ExecutiveOYcer
ofRCLT,fororganizingtheworkshopinamosteYcientandcaringmanner.
This volume owes its existence to the vision and care of Professor
Michael Osborne, Vice-Chancellor and President of La Trobe University.
He sponsored the establishment of RCLT within La Trobe’s Institute for
AdvancedStudy,andspeciWedthatitsactivitiesshouldincludeInternational
Workshops with stringent quality control. Professor Osborne opens each
workshop, launches our volumes, and every year hosts a convivial dinner
for theparticipants.