Noun Incorporation and Discourse Reference in Modern Nahuatl

Noun incorporation is examined as a discourse phenomenon in the modern Nahuatl dialect of Huauhtla, Hidalgo, Mexico. Earlier definitional statements on noun incorporation in American languages, generally, & noun incorporation in Nahuatlan languages, in particular, are reviewed; instances & d...

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Published in:International journal of American linguistics 1976-07, Vol.42 (3), p.177-191
Main Author: Merlan, Francesca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corporations
Discourse
Intransitive verbs
Linguistics
Nouns
Referents
Sentences
Syntactics
Transitive verbs
Verbs
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Summary:Noun incorporation is examined as a discourse phenomenon in the modern Nahuatl dialect of Huauhtla, Hidalgo, Mexico. Earlier definitional statements on noun incorporation in American languages, generally, & noun incorporation in Nahuatlan languages, in particular, are reviewed; instances & discourse value of incorporation in Huauhtla Nahuatl are examined. Finally, it is suggested that the incorporated nouns in Huauhtla Nahuatl serve to maintain definiteness of discourse reference by functioning as anaphors maintaining coreference with previously introduced lexical nouns. J. Schwarz
ISSN:0020-7071
1545-7001
DOI:10.1086/465415