Title
Ditransitive constructions in Kashibo-Kakataibo and the non-distinguishable objects analysis
Date Issued
01 January 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
ZARIQUIEY BIONDI, ROBERTO DANIEL
Publisher(s)
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Abstract
The present paper offers a description of ditransitive constructions in Kashibo- Kakataibo (Panoan, Peru). While doing so, this paper challenges what can be called the "non-distinguishable objects analysis", which stipulates that, in some Panoan languages, the two objects of ditransitive constructions cannot be syntactically distinguished. I not only argue that this analysis cannot be applied to Kashibo-Kakataibo, but also that it invokes important methodological problems. In contrast, this paper argues for a constructional approach, which looks at different grammatical properties independently. This approach allows us to explain the distribution of alignments found in Kashibo-Kakataibo's ditransitive constructions: the neutral alignment type dominates according to a principle of coding-behavior harmony, while the indirective alignment type is limited to reflexive constructions, which have an intrinsic bias to T-based constructions. This constructional approach can also be applied to other Panoan languages and, therefore, offers a solid comparative basis for future studies on ditransitive constructions from a Panoan perspective.
Start page
882
End page
905
Volume
36
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Teoría literaria
Lingüística
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84873105329
Source
Studies in Language
ISSN of the container
15699978
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