Finiteness and nominalization / edited by Claudine Chamoreau, CNRS (CEMCA/SeDyL-CELIA) ; Zarina Estrada-Fern�andez, Universidad de Sonora.

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Intro -- Finiteness and Nominalization -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Finiteness and nominalization -- 1. Finiteness, nominalization, and information structure -- 2. Correlation between the continuum of finiteness and the scale from dependent to independent clause -- 3. Nominalization structures and their relation to the scale of finiteness -- 4. Diachronic process: Re-finitization and finitization -- References -- Part I. Finiteness, nominalization and information structure -- Exploring finiteness and non-finiteness in Pima Bajo (Uto-Aztecan) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic characteristics of the language -- 3. Finiteness in Pima Bajo -- 3.1 Illocutionary force markers and aspect morphology as finite markers -- 3.2 Finiteness and personal pronouns -- 4. Non-finiteness as a complex and scalar phenomenon -- 4.1 Nominalized verb constructions with the suffix -dam -- 4.2 The stative suffix -ka -- 4.3 The relative marker -kig -- 4.4 The non-subject or genitive-accusative pronoun -- 4.5 Subject dependent clitic pronouns and the subordinator ko -- 5. Final remarks -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Finiteness, nominalization, and information structure -- 1. Setting the stage: Nominalization, finiteness, and information structure -- 2. The three domains: Clarifications and definitions -- 3. Finiteness and nominalization (zone of overlap I) -- 4. Finiteness and information structure (zone of overlap II) -- 5. Nominalization and information structure (zone of overlap III) -- 6. Nominalization, finiteness, and information structure (zone of overlap IV) -- 7. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Part II. Correlation between continuum of finiteness and scale from dependent to independent clause -- Finiteness in Haruai -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Finite verb forms.

3. Semi-finite verb forms -- 4. Non-finite verb forms -- 5. Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Non-finite chain-medial clauses on the continuum of finiteness in Purepecha -- 1. Finiteness and chain-medial clauses: A brief introduction -- 2. Purepecha: Some basic grammatical information -- 2.1 Independent and main clauses -- 2.2 Coordination -- 2.3 Subordination -- 2.3.1 Finite subordinate clauses -- 2.3.2 Non-finite complement and purpose clauses -- 3. Chain-medial clauses in Purepecha: A continuum of ease of referential recoverability -- 3.1 Referential continuity -- 3.2 Referential predictability without ambiguity -- 3.3 The leitmotif strategy in the narrative -- 3.4 New referent -- 4. Tense-aspect-irrealis-mood continuity -- 5. Thematic continuity and a high degree of coherence -- 6. Concluding comments: Chain-medial clauses on the continuum of finiteness -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- References -- Part III. Nominalization structures and their relation to the scale of finiteness -- On the tightrope between infinitives and action nouns -- 1. Introduction: Establishing a common ground -- 2. Otomi -- 3. The nominalized complement construction -- 3.1 Semantics of the nominalized complement in the NCC -- 3.2 The complement nominalization is an action noun -- 3.3 Intransitive nominalizations -- 4. Exploring the differences between the two NCCs -- 4.1 The matrix verbs in the NCC -- 4.2 Lexical gaps in the nominalization slot of the NCC -- 4.3 The use of the NCC with respect to other structures -- 4.4 The emergence of an intransitive infinitive marker in Eastern Otomi -- 5. Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Referential markers in Oceanic nominalized constructions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nominalization: Markers and functions -- 2.1 Three types of nominalization -- 2.2 Range of functions.

3. Tense-aspect markers in nominalized clauses -- 3.1 Occurrence of tense-aspect markers -- 3.1.1 Past tense -- 3.1.2 Perfective -- 3.1.3 Perfect -- 3.1.4 Imperfective -- 3.1.5 Progressive -- 3.1.6 Immediate -- 3.2 Constraints -- 3.2.1 Constraints on the selection of individual tense-aspect markers -- 3.2.2 The role of affixes -- 3.2.3 Constraints imposed by articles -- 3.2.4 The role of argument structure -- 4. Negation -- 4.1 Negative markers are allowed -- 4.2 Nominal negation only -- 4.3 Negative markers are not allowed -- 5. Subject plural agreement -- 6. Compatibility with adverbs -- 7. Arguments in nominalized clauses -- 7.1 Ergative languages -- 7.2 Accusative languages -- 7.3 Other cases -- 8. Conclusions -- 8.1 Diachronic considerations -- 8.2 Typological implicative hierarchy -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- References -- The role of nominalization in theticity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Typological profile -- 3. Finiteness -- 4. Nominalization -- 5. Nominal predication -- 6. Truncated nominalization -- 7. Hybrids -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- On non-finiteness and canonical imperatives -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 General features -- 1.2 The present paper -- 2. Discourse Grammar -- 2.1 An outline -- 2.2 Thetical characteristics of imperatives -- 3. Canonical imperatives -- 3.1 Nonfiniteness -- 3.2 Phonetic size -- 3.3 Meaning -- 3.4 Suppletism -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- References -- The evolution of grammatical nominalizations in Cahita languages -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cahita language(s) and data -- 3. Grammatical nominalization -- 3.1 Noun and nominalization -- 3.2 Grammatical and lexical nominalizations -- 3.3 Relativization and nominalization -- 3.4 Relativization as grammatical nominalization apposition -- 4. Grammatical nominalization and relativization in Cahita -- 4.1 Old Cahita.

4.2 Modern Cahita -- 4.2.1 Yaqui -- 4.2.2 Mayo -- 5. The evolution of grammatical nominalizations in Cahita -- 5.1 Origins of the nominalizing suffixes -- 5.2 Evolution of grammatical nominalizations -- 6. Final remarks on nominalization and relativization -- Abbreviations -- References -- Part IV. Diachronic process: Re-finitization and finitization -- Shifting finiteness in nominalization -- 1. Nominalization and the loss of finiteness -- 2. Barbare�no Chumash -- 3. Clause nominalization I: Dependency hi= -- 4. Clause nominalization II: With determiners -- 5. Clause nominalization III: Determiners + Nominalizer al- -- 5.1 Extension to syntax: Events -- 5.2 Extension to syntax: Participants -- 6. Morphological refinitization: Argument specification -- 7. Syntactic re-finitization: Emancipation -- 8. The direction of development -- 9. Conclusion -- References -- The Manner converb in Beja (Cushitic) and its refinitization -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A brief overview of Beja -- 3. The Manner converb in adverbial clauses -- 3.1 Manner clauses -- 3.2 Causal clauses -- 3.3 Attendant circumstance clauses -- 3.4 Purposive clauses -- 4. The Manner converb in complement and relative clauses -- 4.1 In complement clauses -- 4.2 In relative clauses -- 5. Adverbial uses -- 6. Argumental use: Cognate objects -- 7. Verbal adjectives -- 7.1 Copredication -- 7.2 Attributive adjectives -- 8. Refinitization of the Manner converb -- 8.1 Emphatic polarity -- 8.2 Volition -- 8.3 Perfect -- 9. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- On finitization -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Finiteness -- 3. Functional and formal diachronic evolutions of non-finite dependent clauses -- 4. Scenarios of finitization -- 5. Gradual finitization -- 5.1 Pekodian: Stage 2 of gradual finitization -- 5.2 Neapolitan: Stage 3 of gradual finitization.

5.3 Emerillon: Stages 1-4 of gradual finitization -- 6. Instantaneous finitization -- 6.1 Udi: Reanalysis of a non-finite verb form as finite -- 6.2 Newari: Reanalysis of a non-finite verb form as finite -- 6.3 Moje�no Trinitario: Extension of finiteness into dependent clauses -- 7. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Nominalization and re-finitization -- 1. Orientation -- 2. Finite vs. nominalized clauses -- 3. Typological variation in the distribution of finite vs. nominalized structures -- 3.1 'Permissive' languages -- 3.2 Extreme nominalizing (embedding) languages -- 3.3 Extreme finite (non-subordinating) languages -- 4. The diachronic logic of clause nominalization -- 5. Nominalization and re-finitization -- 5.1 De-subordination -- 5.2 Re-finitization -- 5.3 Re-finitization revisited -- Abbreviations -- References -- APPENDIX: Examples of T-A-M marking in Ute nominalized subordinate clauses -- Index of Languages -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

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