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Exuberant Exponence in Batsbi
Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (2009)
  • Alice Carmichael Harris
Abstract
Although multiple exponence has long been recognized by some, morpheme-based theories predict that it will not exist. To deal with the existence of double exponence in some languages, a variety of ways have been sought around the restrictions imposed by these theories. In Batsbi, a language of the Nakh-Dagestanian family, in principle as many as six markers may occur in a single verb (five gender-number markers and one person-number marker), each agreeing in many instances with the same argument; in fact, examples presented here have up to four agreement markers. The implications of this for linguistic theory are explored. An analysis is proposed in terms of word-based morphology.
Keywords
  • Morphology - Agreement - Extended exponence - Languages of the Caucasus
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Publication Date
2009
Citation Information
Alice Carmichael Harris. "Exuberant Exponence in Batsbi" Natural Language and Linguistic Theory Vol. 27 (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alice_harris/14/