The role of negation in the grammaticalization of ability verbs

IF 0.6 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Diachronica Pub Date : 2019-12-18 DOI:10.1075/dia.00016.wil

Brianna Wilson, C. Hansen

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Abstract

Abstract This paper investigates the role of negation in grammaticalization in Iquito, an endangered Zaparoan language of the Peruvian Amazon. Iquito has a verb, pajɨɨni, which has undergone two paths of grammaticalization only in negated clauses. First, pajɨɨni has grammaticalized from “learn” to “be able to.” Subsequently, it is undergoing grammaticalization from an ability verb to a future auxiliary. Given that ability verbs are an uncommon source for future auxiliaries (Bybee et al. 1994), this study provides a detailed case study of this rare path. Our analysis of Iquito demonstrates that grammaticalization paths are not limited to affirmative contexts and may behave differently depending on the polarity of the utterance.

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否定在能力动词语法化中的作用

摘要本文研究了秘鲁亚马逊地区濒危的萨帕罗安语Iquito中否定在语法化中的作用。Iquito有一个动词，paj [j]] ni，它只在否定从句中经历了两条语法化的路径。首先，paj [j] [ni]在语法上从“学习”变成了“能够”。随后，它经历了从能力动词到将来助动词的语法化。鉴于能力动词是将来助动词的罕见来源(Bybee et al. 1994)，本研究提供了这一罕见途径的详细案例研究。我们对Iquito的分析表明，语法化路径并不局限于肯定语境，并且可能根据话语的极性而表现不同。

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