Information Structure and Reference Tracking in Complex Sentences
Edited by Rik van Gijn, Jeremy Hammond, Dejan Matić, Saskia van Putten and Ana Vilacy Galucio
[Typological Studies in Language, 105] 2014. vi, 409 pp.
Ana Vilacy Galucio
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ana Vilacy Galucio plays a role.
Title
Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Articles
2020 Count-mass distinction in Sakurabiat A typology of the mass/count distinction in Brazil and its relevance for mass/count theories, Lima, Suzi and Susan Rothstein (eds.), pp. 336–351 | Article
Acknowledging the fact that not all languages seem to distinguish grammatically between mass nouns and count nouns, this paper aims to provide information on whether or not the count-mass distinction is expressed in the Sakurabiat language, which belongs to the Tuparic branch of the Tupian… read more
2018 From object nominalization to object focus: The innovative A-alignment in the Tuparian languages (Tupian family) The Evolution of Argument Coding Patterns in South American Languages, Guillaume, Antoine and Spike Gildea (eds.), pp. 95–127 | Article
This article proposes that the divergent pattern of verb argument marking found in object focus clauses in the Tuparian branch of the Tupian family comes from the reanalysis of an object nominalization in a cleft construction. Based on the distribution of free and bound person markers, the major… read more
2014 Argument marking and reference tracking in Mekens Information Structure and Reference Tracking in Complex Sentences, Gijn, Rik van, Jeremy Hammond, Dejan Matić, Saskia van Putten and Ana Vilacy Galucio (eds.), pp. 373–396 | Article
This paper discusses argument marking and reference tracking in Mekens complex clauses and their correlation to information structure. The distribution of pronominal arguments in Mekens simple clauses follows an absolutive pattern with main verbs. Complex clauses maintain the morphological… read more
2011 Subordinate adverbial constructions in Mekens Subordination in Native South American Languages, Gijn, Rik van, Katharina Haude and Pieter Muysken (eds.), pp. 25–44 | Article
This article discusses the morphosyntactic strategies employed for forming subordinate adverbial constructions in Mekens, including the specific uses of valence-changing and other derivational morphemes, such as nominalizers and verbalizers. Generally speaking, adverbial constructions in this… read more