Abstract :
[en] In this talk, I investigate cross-linguistic evidence for the functional extension of verbal and non-verbal spatial markers (SM), such as verbal directional, associated motion (AM) or locational markers or non-verbal spatial adpositions, into applicative uses (Zuniga & Creissels 2024).
Verbal SMs have only recently been established as a source for applicatives; see Van linden (2022) on Harakmbut, Payne (2021) on Nilotic and Pakendorf & Stoynova (2021) on Tungusic languages. It is still unknown how widespread this pathway is, and what the main types of variation are. This talk presents the results of a pilot study investigating these issues from a typological perspective. The first part considers various types of SMs in a balanced 75-language sample, compiled using Miestamo’s (2005) Genus-Macroarea method, while in the second part, I use a convenience sample and focus only on AM markers.
References:
Miestamo, Matti (2005), Standard negation, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Pakendorf, Brigitte & Natalia Stoynova (2021), Associated motion in Tungusic languages: a case of mixed argument structure, in A. Guillaume & H. Koch (eds.), (2021), Associated Motion, 855–898, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Payne, Doris L. (2021), The extension of associated motion to direction, aspect and argument structure in Nilotic languages, in A. Guillaume & H. Koch (eds.), (2021), Associated Motion, 695–746, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Van linden, An (2022), Spatial prefixes as applicatives in Harakmbut, in S. Pacchiarotti & F. Zúñiga (eds.), (2022), Applicative morphology: Neglected syntactic 18 and non-syntactic functions, 129–159, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Zúñiga, Fernando & Denis Creissels (2024), Applicative Constructions in the World’s Languages, Berlin, Boston: Mouton de Gruyter.
