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A view from the North: genders and classifiers in Arawak languages of north-west Amazonia
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This chapter addresses the issue of coexistence of noun categorization devices within one language. Genders and other noun categorization devices—be they numeral classifiers, or other classifiers—are generally thought of as being relatively independent from one another. Co-existing and overlapping systems of genders and classifiers are cross-linguistically uncommon. The chapter shows that this is a feature of some Arawak languages from north-west Amazonia, two genders—feminine and non-feminine—are obligatorily marked on verbs and nouns, and demonstratives and other modifiers within a noun phrase. Classifiers used on number words, and in a variety of other contexts, categorize the noun in terms of its physical properties, and distinguish gender. Gender is thus integrated within the system of classifiers. Gender markers may co-occur with classifiers in one word. The chapter concludes that gender distinctions and gender markers are uniform across the Arawak language family, and can be reconstructed for the proto-language. The chapter proposes that classifiers may have developed separately in each subgroup within the family.
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URL: https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/60942/1/A_view_from_the_NorthGenders_and_classifiers_in_Arawak_languages_of_northwest_Amazonia.pdf
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Noun categorization devices: a cross-linguistic perspective
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Bridging linkage in Tariana, an Arawak language from Northwest Amazonia
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Hidden from women's ears: gender-based taboos in the Vaupés area
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Creativity in language: secret codes, special styles and linguistic taboo
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The legacy of youth: the seeds of change and the diversity of voices in Papua New Guinea
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Evidentiality and its relations with other verbal categories
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'Me', 'us', and 'others': expressing the self in Arawak languages of South America, with a focus on Tariana
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Areal diffusion and the limits of grammaticalization: an Amazonian perspective
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