Partes del discurso

Miercoles 13 | 15:30-17:30 | Sesiones de trabajo
Sala E. Léger, ISH (sótano)
español Réunion interna
---- **This session introduces the parts of speech found in most Cariban languages, as well as the arguments that have been used to identify each one. It also emphasizes the importance of distinguishing parts of speech at three levels: root, stem, and word.** * ROOTS: Parts of speech that are clearly identifiable as unmodified roots are !!noun!!, !!verb!!, !!adverb!!, !!postposition!!, !!particle!!, and !!ideophone!!. \\ * STEMS: Roots can be modified by derivational morphology to become complex sters the same word class or to become derived stems of other word classes. * A !!verb!! root can become a more complex verb stem, and a verb root or stem can become a !!noun!! stem or an !!adverb!! stem. Most discussion of verbs is deferred until later. * A !!noun!! root/stem can become a !!verb!! stem, an !!adverb!! stem, or a more complex !!noun!! stem. * An !!adverb!! root/stem can become a !!noun!! stem. * !!Postposition!! roots can become !!noun!! stems. * !!Ideophone!! roots can become verb stems in some languages. * !!Particles!! generally cannot be derived or inflected. \\ * WORDS: Stems (often plus inflectional morphology) become words that can be combined in various grammatical constructions. Different classes of words are identified based on their occurrence in specific constructions. We will look at the kinds of constructions that have been used to identify parts of speech in various Cariban languages.