A’ingae (Cofán/Kofán) Operators

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show how the TAME system of A'ingae, a language isolate spoken in Colombia and Ecuador, can be captured within the theoretical framework of Functional Discourse Grammar. An important prediction in this theory is that the surface order of TAME expressions reflects the scope relations between them in their underlying representation. An initial analysis reveals that, with three exceptions, the A'ingae TAME system confirms this prediction. Closer inspection of the three exceptions, which concern basic illocution, evidentiality, and quantificational aspect, then reveals that on the one hand, the theoretical model has to be adapted, while on the other hand some of the A'ingae facts allow for an alternative interpretation.

The phonology of A'ingae

“…Aspects of A'ingae morphology receive treatment in Dąbkowski (2021b, 2023c, in prep., t.a. ), Fischer and Hengeveld (2023), and Hengeveld and Fischer (in prep. ).…”

“…work on morphophonology of stress and glottalisation, and chapters in Dąbkowski's (in prep.) and Hengeveld and Fischer's (in prep.) monographs.…”

La evidencialidad citativa o reportativa en reportajes escritos en español

“…Se aborda también la constitución del corpus, su importancia y los motivos de su selección. Además, se describen los procedimientos metodológicos y las categorías de análisis a partir de estudios que usan la Gramática Discursivo-Funcional (Hengeveld y Mackenzie, 2008) como base para la descripción y análisis de los subtipos evidenciales (Hengeveld y Fisher, 2018).…”

Language classification, language contact and Andean prehistory: The North

“…The language is well documented grammatically (Rojas Curieux, 1998; Díaz Montenegro, 2015, 2019; Jung, 2008; Slocum, 1986) and lexically (Slocum & Gerdel, 1983); there are community‐oriented materials and language reinvigoration efforts (Benito del Valle Eskauriaza, 2020; Comunidad de La Paila Naya et al., 2015; Díaz Montenegro, 2017). Neglected for a long time with the exception of basic lexical documentation (Borman, 1976, 2015), the documentary and descriptive situation for A'ingae and Camsá is now massively improved (Fischer, 2007; Fischer & Hengeveld, in press; Fischer & van Lier, 2011; Hengeveld & Fischer, 2018a, 2018b; Jacanamijoy Juajibioy, 2018; O'Brien, 2018; Repetti‐Ludlow et al., 2019; for language documentation of A'ingae see Bai et al., 2017; AnderBois & Silva, 2018; for reinvigoration of A'ingae see Quentama Queta, 2007 and for reinvigoration of Camsá see O'Brien, 2019).…”