Adverbial clauses in Veracruz Huasteca Nahuatl from a functional-typological approach
This paper analyses adverbial clauses in Veracruz Huasteca Nahuatl (vhn), a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Mexico. We argue that the formal properties of adverbial clauses in vhn are motivated by general functional principles, particularly, their semantic values. We address seven semantic relations...
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doaj-303b9186880f43099afd1fe4b62201462021-06-21T13:34:38ZengUniversidade Estadual de CampinasLiames1678-05312177-71602020-03-01200010.20396/liames.v20i0.8657281Adverbial clauses in Veracruz Huasteca Nahuatl from a functional-typological approachJesus Francisco Olguín-Martínez0Zarina Estrada-Fernandez1University of California at Santa BarbaraUniversity of Sonora This paper analyses adverbial clauses in Veracruz Huasteca Nahuatl (vhn), a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Mexico. We argue that the formal properties of adverbial clauses in vhn are motivated by general functional principles, particularly, their semantic values. We address seven semantic relations: temporal precedence, temporal subsequence, temporal simultaneity, cause/reason, purpose, result, and spatial relations. We support the analysis not only with evidence from vhn, but also from other languages of the world where two morphosyntactic devices are important: adverbial conjunctions and tam morphology. Our main claim is that the different semantic relations encoded within adverbial clauses take on specific formal mechanisms to express those particular communicative situations. https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/liames/article/view/8657281Adverbial clausesSemantic relationsNahuatl language |
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Jesus Francisco Olguín-Martínez Zarina Estrada-Fernandez Adverbial clauses in Veracruz Huasteca Nahuatl from a functional-typological approach Liames Adverbial clauses Semantic relations Nahuatl language |
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Jesus Francisco Olguín-Martínez Zarina Estrada-Fernandez |
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Jesus Francisco Olguín-Martínez |
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Adverbial clauses in Veracruz Huasteca Nahuatl from a functional-typological approach |
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Adverbial clauses in Veracruz Huasteca Nahuatl from a functional-typological approach |
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Adverbial clauses in Veracruz Huasteca Nahuatl from a functional-typological approach |
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Adverbial clauses in Veracruz Huasteca Nahuatl from a functional-typological approach |
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adverbial clauses in veracruz huasteca nahuatl from a functional-typological approach |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas |
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1678-0531 2177-7160 |
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This paper analyses adverbial clauses in Veracruz Huasteca Nahuatl (vhn), a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Mexico. We argue that the formal properties of adverbial clauses in vhn are motivated by general functional principles, particularly, their semantic values. We address seven semantic relations: temporal precedence, temporal subsequence, temporal simultaneity, cause/reason, purpose, result, and spatial relations. We support the analysis not only with evidence from vhn, but also from other languages of the world where two morphosyntactic devices are important: adverbial conjunctions and tam morphology. Our main claim is that the different semantic relations encoded within adverbial clauses take on specific formal mechanisms to express those particular communicative situations.
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