A Linguistic Analysis of Old Omagua Ecclesiastical Texts
Michael & O'HaganList of Tables v
List of Figures vi
Acknowledgments vii
Morphemes and Abbreviations viii
1 Introduction 1
2 Grammatical Sketch of Old Omagua 5
2.1 Phonological Inventory . . . 6
2.2 Morphology . . . 7
2.2.1 Person-Marking . . . 7
2.2.1.1 Paradigms . . . 7
2.2.1.2 Vowel Hiatus Resolution . . . 9
2.2.2 Nominal Morphology . . .10
2.2.2.1 Number . . . 10
2.2.2.2 Augmentative & Diminutive . . . 11
2.2.2.3 Nominal Past . . . 12
2.2.2.4 Nominal Future Tense =Ra ... 12
2.2.2.5 Possession . . .13
2.2.3 Verbal Morphology . . . 14
2.2.3.1 Tense-Aspect-Mood . . 15
2.2.3.1.1 Tense . . . 15
2.2.3.1.2 .. . .16
2.2.3.1.3 upa ‘come to an end, run out’ . . . 18
2.2.3.1.4 Irrealis =mia ....19
2.2.3.1.5 Epistemic Modality . . 9
2.2.3.2 Derivational Morphology . . . 21
2.2.3.2.1 Causative . . .21
2.2.3.2.2 Applicative =supe . . . 23
2.2.3.2.3 Clausal Nominalizers . . . . 24
2.2.3.2.4 Subject Nominalizer -suRi ...26
2.2.3.2.5 Container Nominalizer =SiRu ... 27
2.2.3.6 Possessive Nominalizer =yaRa ................. 28
2.3 Syntax and Information Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.3.1 Basic Clause Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.3.2 Nominal Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.3.2.1 Demonstratives and Quantifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.3.2.2 Noun-Noun Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.3.2.3 Modification via Nominalization of Stative Verb . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.3.3 Adpositional Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2.3.4 Negation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2.3.4.1 Clausal Negator Roaya .......................... 33
2.3.4.2 Core Negator -s1ma ........................... 34
2.3.4.3 Privative =1ma .............................. 34
2.3.5 Interrogatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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