Jan 28, 2014 ... 1. The syntax and semantics of causative constructions in Balsapuerto Shawi.
Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).
The syntax and semantics of causative constructions in Balsapuerto Shawi Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) Jan 28th Fieldwork Forum-UCB Grammar profile (1) a-sahka-te-r-awe CAUS-trabajar-PAS-PROG-1ª P.SG.SUJ. ‘I cause (someone) to work.’ (2) pa’-kir-awe INMIN-romper-1ª P.SG.SUJ ‘I break something.’ Table 1: Oblique cases in Shawi
Case Genitive Ablative Locative Essive Comitative Benefactive Limitative
Suffix -ken -eran -ke -we -re -mare -ware
(3) Ina-ken ni’ni-ne-n
he-GEN dog-ALIEN-3ªP.POS ‘His dog (of him)’
(4) Ka tanan-k-eran a’na-wi pantapi-ø masa-r-aw(e). I jungle –LOC-ABL one-CLAS banana-ABS pick-SUP -1ªP.SG.SUJ. ‘I pick one banana from the jungle.’ (5) Ina Nunshinisha’-ke yahpiri’-ø ya-ka’n-in. I Canoapuerto-LOC juane-ABS DESID-eat-3ªP.SG.SUJ. ‘He was to eat a juane in Canoapuerto.’ 1
(6) Ina sahkata-r-in he work-SUP-3ªP.SUJ ‘He works as a teacher.’
(7) Ka nansa-r-aw(e)
mayistru-we.
teacher-ESIV
ina sanawi-ru-ku
I dance-SUP-1ªP.SG.SUJ this woman-COMIT-1ª P.SG ‘I dance with this woman.’ Table 2: Grammatical relations in Balsapuerto Shawi
Grammatical phenomenon
Alignment
Case marking
Ergative-Absolutive
Verbal agreement
Intransitive/Transitive:
Nominative-Accusative
( Active-stative?) Ditransitive: Primative-secundative Word order
Ergative-absolutive
Causatives in Shawi 1. Lexical causatives (8) Wa’an-ø pei-n-en-ke chimin-in. apu-ABS house-ALIEN-3ªP.POS-LOC die-3ªP.SG.SUJ ‘The apu dies/died at home.’ Causative version: (9) Ka-ri a’na-pi yo-ERG one-CLAS ‘I kill a woman’.
