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Discourse functions of Salish applicatives
Academic Work
Many syntactic analyses of applicative constructions concentrate on the argument structure associated with the applied object. But what these analyses fail to capture is the reasons that applicatives are used, especially in cases where a non-applicative counterpart is possible. In this paper, we examine one hundred examples of relational applicatives from Salish texts. What is obvious in most cases is that the applied object has discourse prominence. either the outcome of the action affecting the object is central to the story or the applied object itself is highly topical. Thus, the NP is worthy of being cast as an argument rather than an oblique.
AW.00099
2005
Language and Linguistics
UBC Working Papers in Linguistics Press
International Conference on Salish Languages, 40, 98–124
International Conference on Salish Languages, 40, 98–124
Working Papers
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