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Title Valence changes in Zapotec : synchrony, diachrony, typology / edited by Natalie Operstein, California State University, Fullerton ; Aaron Huey Sonnenschein, California State University, Los Angeles
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]

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Series Typological studies In language (TSL), 0167-7373 ; volume 110
Typological studies in language ; v. 110
Contents Valence Changes in Zapotec; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of Contributors; List of abbreviations and special symbols; 1. Foreword; References; 2. Introduction; 1. Preliminaries; 2. Zapotec languages; 3. The present volume; 4. Chapter summaries; 5. Prospects for future research; References; 3. Valence-altering operations in zapotec; 1. Introduction; 2. Structure and classification of the Zapotec verb; 3. Overview of valence phenomena in Zapotec; 4. Valence-increasing phenomena; 4.1 Derivational causatives; 4.1.1 *k-causative; 4.1.2 *o-causative
4.1.3 *sse- ̃ *se-causative4.1.4 Redundant marking of valence increase; 4.2 Incorporation; 4.2.1 Preliminaries; 4.2.2 Incorporation of the instrumental-comitative marker; 4.2.3 Incorporation of the comparative marker; 4.2.4 Adjective and verb incorporation; 4.3 Periphrastic causatives; 5. Valence-decreasing operations; 5.1 Valence-decreasing prefixation; 5.2 Argument incorporation; 6. Non-directional (equipollent) valence-related alternations; 6.1 Equipollent derivation; 6.2 Equipollent inflection; 7. Suppletion; 8. Ambitransitive (labile) verbs
9. Prosodic changes in the vowel(s) of the verb stem10. Conclusion and outlook; References; 4. Valence alternations in the Tlacolula Valley Zapotec lexicon; 1. Introduction; 2. TVZ verbs that do not change to reflect valence differences; 2.1 Ambitransitive verbs; 2.2 Passive/active or non-causative/causative verb pairs without no change in form; 2.3 Positional/causative verb pairs; 3. Verbs that include an apparent causative morpheme; 3.1 Gw-, cw-, g-, and w- as causative markers; 3.2 S-, z-, sa-, and su- as causative markers; 3.3 D- as a causative marker; 3.4 Y- as an anti-causative marker
4. Valence changes shown by changes in the verb base4.1 Vowel alternations; 4.2 Lenis/fortis base-initial consonant alternations; 4.3 Other base-initial consonant alternations; 4.4 Base-initial consonant alternations elsewhere in TVZ morphology; 5. TVZ valence alternations and productivity; 5.1 Irregular vowel alternations; 5.2 Verbs with added phonological elements; 5.3 Irregular morphosyntactic relationships; 5.4 Causative or passive?; 5.5 Two verbs corresponding to one; 6. Historical comparisons; 6.1 These relationships aren't productive; 6.2 Relating synchronic TVZ data to Proto-Zapotec
6.2.1 TVZ and Proto-Zapotec *k and *o6.2.2 TVZ and Proto-Zapotec *sse-/*se-; 6.2.3 TVZ lenis/fortis alternations; 6.2.4 Other TVZ consonant alternations; 6.2.5 Connections with other proto-patterns; 7. Conclusion; References; 5. Valence-changing morphology in San Dionisio Ocotepec Zapotec; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The language and its valence system; 1.2 The relationship of San Dionisio Ocotepec Zapotec to San Pablo Güilá Zapotec; 2. Valence alternations between v1 and v2; 3. Morphological relationships between the v1 and v2; 4. Equipollent relationships; 4.1 The fortis/lenis distinction
Summary "Zapotec languages present a wide range of lexical, morphological, phonological, and syntactic means of indicating valence changes. Despite their significant theoretical interest, detailed descriptions of valence-changing phenomena in Zapotec are rare, comparative studies are practically non-existent, and Zapotec contributions to the general typology of valence-changing phenomena still remain largely untapped. The present volume addresses this imbalance by being the first to explore Zapotec valence-changing constructions in depth, and to highlight their broad comparative, typological, and theoretical significance. This book contains both write-ups of contributions to the Special Session on Valence-Changing Devices in Zapotecan (annual meeting of SSILA, 2012) and specially commissioned chapters. It will be of interest to Zapotecanists, Otomangueanists, Mesoamericanists, typologists, morphologists, syntacticians, semanticians, and general linguists with an interest in valence-changing phenomena, and may also be used as supplementary reading in field methods and typology courses."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Zapotec language -- Grammar
Zapotec language -- Phonology
Zapotec language -- Variation
Typology (Linguistics)
Linguistic change.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
Linguistic change
Typology (Linguistics)
Zapotec language -- Grammar
Form Electronic book
Author Operstein, Natalie, editor
Sonnenschein, Aaron Huey, editor
LC no. 2015035629
ISBN 9789027267788
9027267782