Reanalyzing the morphology and semantics of verbal plural marking in Quechan

Carrie Gillon, Robert Mailhammer

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    Abstract

    In this paper, we re-investigate the morphology and semantics of verbal plurality in Quechan (Yuma). We propose a systematic account in which one marker of verbal plurality only targets a particular argument of the verb, but others are better analyzed as expressing pluractionality. There are two markers of pluractionality: one that has scope over O or the event and one that has scope over O, S/A, or the event. We show that both pluractionals are examples of outer pluractionality.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)573-593
    Number of pages21
    JournalInternational Journal of American Linguistics
    Volume81
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Keywords

    • Quechan language
    • documentation
    • plurality

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