Papers by Marianne Mithun
The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4: The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Grammatical Sketches
Language, 1995
Of the 5000 plus languages in the world, about half are spoken by only a few people and are endan... more Of the 5000 plus languages in the world, about half are spoken by only a few people and are endangered. This volume presents three Australian Aboriginal languages with fewer than 200 speakers; Bunuba in the Kimberley district, Ndjebbana in central Arnhem Land and Nganhcara on Cape York.
WS6: Applicative Morphology: Applicatives and beyond
Extending the Rafters: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Iroquoian Studies
American Indian Quarterly, 1990
A book in the Williams Press, Inc., Series A grant from the EA Barvoets Fund assisted in paying t... more A book in the Williams Press, Inc., Series A grant from the EA Barvoets Fund assisted in paying the costs of publishing this book. ... Extending the Rafters INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO IROQUOIAN STUDIES Edited by MICHAEL K. FOSTER JACK CAMPISI MARIANNE ...
Topicality, affectedness, and body-part grammar
Oxford University Press eBooks, Jun 21, 2022
Some patterns of expression in North American Indian languages: what they tell us about the human communicative capacity
Tuscarora language materials narrated by Chief Elton Greene
Tuscarora linguistic material, given by consultant in English and Tuscarora. Includes verbs, gram... more Tuscarora linguistic material, given by consultant in English and Tuscarora. Includes verbs, grammar, numerals, days, months, seasons, greetings, weather, body parts, and colors. Also includes a short speech given in Tuscarora, then English, on how Tuscarora chiefs are chosen and the preservation of Tuscarora language and customs.
20 Number in Mohawk (Iroquoian)
De Gruyter eBooks, Jun 7, 2022
Shaping typology through grammaticalization: North America
Oxford University Press eBooks, Nov 1, 2018
North America shows great genealogical diversity, yet many of the languages share a fundamental t... more North America shows great genealogical diversity, yet many of the languages share a fundamental typological characteristic: elaborate morphology. Certain kinds of elaboration show areal distributions, suggesting contact effects. Many bound morphemes show the kinds of meanings expected of grammatical affixes, such as the Wintu perfective suffix -suk. But others show surprisingly concrete meanings, like the Kutenai suffix ‑quwaʔt ‘fur’. A well-known effect of grammaticalization is the loss of concrete lexical content, with abstraction and generalization over time. But other factors can come into play as well. One is the sequencing of grammaticalization processes, whether semantic/pragmatic changes precede univerbation or follow. Another is the moment at which contact enters in. Here pathways of development exemplifying these variables are traced, with first grammaticalization via auxiliation in Northern California, and second grammaticalization via compounding in the Northwest and elsewhere. Both can be seen to have spread in contact-induced grammaticalization.
Inside Contact-Stimulated Grammatical Development
Routledge eBooks, Jun 18, 2021
Language contact in North America
Routledge eBooks, Jul 13, 2020
1. Sources and mechanisms
De Gruyter eBooks, Oct 8, 2019
22. Grammaticalization and polysynthesis: Iroquoian
De Gruyter eBooks, Sep 21, 2020
Noun and verb in Iroquoian languages: Multicategorisation from multiple criteria
De Gruyter eBooks, Dec 31, 2000
Recent typologies of lexical categories have pointed to the Iroquoian languages as counter-exampl... more Recent typologies of lexical categories have pointed to the Iroquoian languages as counter-examples to the universality of the noun-verb distinction. In fact the distinction is particularly robust in these languages. The languages do, however, show us the importance of ...
Chapter 3. Deconstructing teleology
Typological studies in language, Jul 9, 2018
Constraints on compounds and incorporation
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, 2010
This chapter examines the status of a type of compounding often cited as a construction that stra... more This chapter examines the status of a type of compounding often cited as a construction that straddles the boundary between morphology and syntax. Noun incorporation constructions in Kapampangan, Mohawk, and Central Alaskan Yup’ik Eskimo are evaluated with respect to the No Phrase Constraint and the Lexical Integrity Hypothesis. Though they share certain fundamental properties, the constructions differ in crucial ways, reflecting differing stages of diachronic development.
12 The emergence of agentive systems in core argument marking
Oxford University Press eBooks, Jan 24, 2008
It has been proposed that patterns of core argument categorization, sometimes termed ‘alignment’,... more It has been proposed that patterns of core argument categorization, sometimes termed ‘alignment’, are highly stable over time. Certain language families, however, show evidence of relatively recent shifts in these patterns. Agent/patient patterns in particular, which are considered rare, show strong areal concentrations in certain regions such as North America. This chapter examines situations that can trigger such shifts, mechanisms of diffusion, and the traces they can leave behind.
5A Grammatical Sketches: The Mohawk Language
Multilingual Matters eBooks, Dec 31, 1996
4 Applicatives and beyond: Barbareño Chumash
De Gruyter eBooks, Sep 19, 2022
Language Isolates of North America
The impact of sudden literacy on text comprehensibility: Mohawk
De Gruyter eBooks, Dec 31, 1992
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