Pilar M. Valenzuela
List of John Benjamins publications in which Pilar M. Valenzuela is involved.
2016 “Simple” and “double” applicatives in Shiwilu (Kawapanan) Studies in Language 40:3, pp. 513–550 | Article
Shiwilu (Kawapanan, Peru) exhibits a prolific applicative system that comprises seven constructions involving distinct affixes. The present article offers the first account of this feature. In so doing, it seeks to expand our typological knowledge of linguistic systems with multiple applicative… read more
2010 Ergativity in Shipibo-Konibo, a Panoan language of the Ucayali Ergativity in Amazonia, Gildea, Spike and Francesc Queixalós (eds.), pp. 65–96 | Article
Shipibo-Konibo (a Panoan language from the Peruvian Amazon) has a highly consistent ergative-absolutive case-marking system that operates all along the Animacy Hierarchy. The marker -n (which exhibits a rich allomorphy) indicates ergative, genitive, instrumental and other oblique functions. Through… read more
2003 2. Evidentiality in Shipibo-Konibo, with a comparative overview of the category in Panoan Studies in Evidentiality, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.), pp. 33–61 | Chapter
2002 Causativization and transitivity in Shipibo-Konibo The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation, Shibatani, Masayoshi (ed.), pp. 417–483 | Article
The forgotten mid vowels: Reconstructing the history of the proto-pano vowel system Diachronica: Online-First Articles | Article
This study re-examines the phonological inventory of Proto-Pano, challenging the prevailing view that it had only four oral vowels. Through a comparative analysis of 23 contemporary Pano languages/varieties, we reconstruct a Proto-Pano system with two additional mid vowels, proposing a six-vowel… read more