‘Optional’ ergativity and the framing of reported speech

Rumsey, Alan

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2009.05.012

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“…Indeed, while the animacy factor can more easily be related to more classic types of case systems, factors like episode-level unexpectedness and focus seem to belong wholly to the pragmatic domain of information structure. However, this is not necessarily a reason to deny such systems the status of ergative or even of case system (see also McGregor, 2010, andRumsey, 2010, for further arguments).…”

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“…As already mentioned, there are a number of other Australian languages that have OEM, like Gooniyandi (McGregor, 1992, 1998), Warrwa (McGregor, 2006, Kuuk Thaayorre (Gaby, 2008(Gaby, , 2010, Bunuba (Rumsey, 2000(Rumsey, , 2010, Jingulu (Pensalfini, 1999), Gurindji Kriol, Light Warlpiri O'Shannessy, 2004, 2010), and Jaminjung (Schultze-Berndt, 2006). McGregor (2010) provides a more exhaustive list, in the context of a broader typological study of languages with OEM.…”

Section: Animacy and Focus In Other Oem Languagesmentioning

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Animacy and information structure in the system of ergative marking in Umpithamu

Verstraete

2010

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Section: Animacy and Focus In Other Oem Languagesmentioning

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Animacy and information structure in the system of ergative marking in Umpithamu

Verstraete

2010

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“…In Enga it seems that OEM of Agent NPs is possible only for clauses of thought and speech that frame complement clauses (Li and Lang, 1979:320-321). (See further Merlan and Rumsey, 2001;Rumsey, 1994Rumsey, , 2010 for discussion of OEM in complement clauses. )…”

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Optional ergative case marking systems in a typological-semiotic perspective

McGregor

2010

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“…The status of kuN[ ]=yi as a superordinate framing verb for both preverbs and complement clauses1 is guaranteed by its obligatory indexation of celestial morphology: kuN[ ]=yi can never appear without celestial indexation, and only this class is permitted in its undergoer slot. A comprehensive survey of the relationship between framing verbs and framed clauses is to be found in Rumsey (2010), who documents the widespread cross-linguistic treatment of framed clauses as grammatical undergoers.…”

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Worrorra: a language of the north-west Kimberley coast

Clendon¹

2014

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This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License. To view a copy of this licence, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA. This licence allows for the copying, distribution, display and performance of this work for non-commercial purposes providing the work is clearly attributed to the copyright holder. Address all inquiries to the Director at the above address. I would especially like to thank an anonymous reviewer for detailed expert commentary, and for whose input the finished product is not only more rigorous, but more in line with contemporary developments. I would like to thank Bob Dixon and Sasha Aikhenvald, who supported me with advice and encouragement from the beginning of the project, and who also read and commented on a couple of chapters. Nick Reid of the University of New England provided valuable support and advice, and Alan Rumsey has been supportive since I met him at Mowanjum in 1993. I would like to thank as well Michael Silverstein, who sent me from Chicago a copy of his unpublished essay on naming practices (Silverstein nd 1), a copy of Silverstein 1986, which touches on Worrorra complex predicates, and a photocopy of some handwritten notes headed The Structure of the Worrorra Verb, for a lecture presented at the Australian National University in 1975; as well as for some initial advice respecting Worrorra phonology. One: introductionThe core reference of the word Worrorra (/Wrrorra/) is linguistic, being applied traditionally to the language spoken as a first language by about a dozen related extended families in Australia's northwest Kimberley region. The extended reference of the word, however, was applied as well to the people, the land and the culture of those families. At the time of sustained European contact (1912) there were an estimated 300 people who spoke Worrorra as their first language, and probably at least twice that number again who spoke it as a second language.The language described here is that attested by Patsy Lulpunda, Amy Peters and Daisy UtemorrahPatsy Lulpunda was born probably at about the turn of the twentieth century. She was a girl when the first Europeans entered Worrorra country in 1912, and from her accounts she would seem to have been about ten years old at that time or perhaps a little older. Her family celebrated her 100th birthday in 1998, and that date is probably close to being correct. She clearly remembered life in her own country before the arrival of Europeans. She remembered the arrival of the first white people, and the fear that she and her friends felt when they first saw them. She remembered staying at Mingkunya (Port George IV) near the first missionary encampment, and later their move to Kunmunya. Her oral histories are recorded in a number of texts held at Mowanjum and at the Kimberley Language Centre.Patsy was born in the land of Gra...

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‘Optional’ ergativity and the framing of reported speech

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Animacy and information structure in the system of ergative marking in Umpithamu

Animacy and information structure in the system of ergative marking in Umpithamu

Optional ergative case marking systems in a typological-semiotic perspective

Worrorra: a language of the north-west Kimberley coast

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