Wordhood and the interplay of linguistic levels in synthetic languages. An empirical study of Wichi (Mataguayan, Gran Chaco)

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Nercesian, Verónica
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2014
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On the basis of data from the synthetic and agglutinative South American language Wichi (Mataguayan, Argentina/Bolivia), I argue in favor of regarding interface phenomena as typological variables. In particular, in this paper I discuss what type of interactions these are, arguing that they do not affect wordhood but do contribute to its formation. I will defend the hypothesis that linguistic level interactions within the word are of two types and different in nature: overlapping on the one hand and conditioning and alteration on the other. Conditioning only takes place in morphophonological and morphosemantic interactions and it follows the wordhood requirements of the language. Conversely, the interaction of morphology with all linguistic levels shows overlapping of units: the phonological word and the grammatical word in the morphophonological relation; the word and the simple clause or nominal phrase in the morphosyntactic relation; and the word and the semantic unit in the morphosemantic relation. This explains why the word is generally defined by phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic criteria. It is to be hoped that the conclusions arrived at in this paper would contribute to deepen our knowledge of the notion of wordhood in synthetic languages in South America as well as our understanding of language structure and functioning.
Fil: Nercesian, Verónica. Universidad Nacional de Formosa. Facultad de Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones Linguisticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
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Wordhood
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Wichi
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spelling Wordhood and the interplay of linguistic levels in synthetic languages. An empirical study of Wichi (Mataguayan, Gran Chaco)Nercesian, VerónicaWordhoodLinguistic InterfaceSynthetic LanguageWichihttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6On the basis of data from the synthetic and agglutinative South American language Wichi (Mataguayan, Argentina/Bolivia), I argue in favor of regarding interface phenomena as typological variables. In particular, in this paper I discuss what type of interactions these are, arguing that they do not affect wordhood but do contribute to its formation. I will defend the hypothesis that linguistic level interactions within the word are of two types and different in nature: overlapping on the one hand and conditioning and alteration on the other. Conditioning only takes place in morphophonological and morphosemantic interactions and it follows the wordhood requirements of the language. Conversely, the interaction of morphology with all linguistic levels shows overlapping of units: the phonological word and the grammatical word in the morphophonological relation; the word and the simple clause or nominal phrase in the morphosyntactic relation; and the word and the semantic unit in the morphosemantic relation. This explains why the word is generally defined by phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic criteria. It is to be hoped that the conclusions arrived at in this paper would contribute to deepen our knowledge of the notion of wordhood in synthetic languages in South America as well as our understanding of language structure and functioning.Fil: Nercesian, Verónica. Universidad Nacional de Formosa. Facultad de Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones Linguisticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaSpringer2014-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/10269Nercesian, Verónica; Wordhood and the interplay of linguistic levels in synthetic languages. An empirical study of Wichi (Mataguayan, Gran Chaco); Springer; Morphology; 24; 3; 8-2014; 177-1981871-56211871-5656enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s11525-014-9239-7info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11525-014-9239-7info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-15T14:53:28Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/10269instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-15 14:53:28.992CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Wordhood and the interplay of linguistic levels in synthetic languages. An empirical study of Wichi (Mataguayan, Gran Chaco)
title Wordhood and the interplay of linguistic levels in synthetic languages. An empirical study of Wichi (Mataguayan, Gran Chaco)
spellingShingle Wordhood and the interplay of linguistic levels in synthetic languages. An empirical study of Wichi (Mataguayan, Gran Chaco)
Nercesian, Verónica
Wordhood
Linguistic Interface
Synthetic Language
Wichi
title_short Wordhood and the interplay of linguistic levels in synthetic languages. An empirical study of Wichi (Mataguayan, Gran Chaco)
title_full Wordhood and the interplay of linguistic levels in synthetic languages. An empirical study of Wichi (Mataguayan, Gran Chaco)
title_fullStr Wordhood and the interplay of linguistic levels in synthetic languages. An empirical study of Wichi (Mataguayan, Gran Chaco)
title_full_unstemmed Wordhood and the interplay of linguistic levels in synthetic languages. An empirical study of Wichi (Mataguayan, Gran Chaco)
title_sort Wordhood and the interplay of linguistic levels in synthetic languages. An empirical study of Wichi (Mataguayan, Gran Chaco)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Nercesian, Verónica
author Nercesian, Verónica
author_facet Nercesian, Verónica
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Wordhood
Linguistic Interface
Synthetic Language
Wichi
topic Wordhood
Linguistic Interface
Synthetic Language
Wichi
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv On the basis of data from the synthetic and agglutinative South American language Wichi (Mataguayan, Argentina/Bolivia), I argue in favor of regarding interface phenomena as typological variables. In particular, in this paper I discuss what type of interactions these are, arguing that they do not affect wordhood but do contribute to its formation. I will defend the hypothesis that linguistic level interactions within the word are of two types and different in nature: overlapping on the one hand and conditioning and alteration on the other. Conditioning only takes place in morphophonological and morphosemantic interactions and it follows the wordhood requirements of the language. Conversely, the interaction of morphology with all linguistic levels shows overlapping of units: the phonological word and the grammatical word in the morphophonological relation; the word and the simple clause or nominal phrase in the morphosyntactic relation; and the word and the semantic unit in the morphosemantic relation. This explains why the word is generally defined by phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic criteria. It is to be hoped that the conclusions arrived at in this paper would contribute to deepen our knowledge of the notion of wordhood in synthetic languages in South America as well as our understanding of language structure and functioning.
Fil: Nercesian, Verónica. Universidad Nacional de Formosa. Facultad de Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones Linguisticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
description On the basis of data from the synthetic and agglutinative South American language Wichi (Mataguayan, Argentina/Bolivia), I argue in favor of regarding interface phenomena as typological variables. In particular, in this paper I discuss what type of interactions these are, arguing that they do not affect wordhood but do contribute to its formation. I will defend the hypothesis that linguistic level interactions within the word are of two types and different in nature: overlapping on the one hand and conditioning and alteration on the other. Conditioning only takes place in morphophonological and morphosemantic interactions and it follows the wordhood requirements of the language. Conversely, the interaction of morphology with all linguistic levels shows overlapping of units: the phonological word and the grammatical word in the morphophonological relation; the word and the simple clause or nominal phrase in the morphosyntactic relation; and the word and the semantic unit in the morphosemantic relation. This explains why the word is generally defined by phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic criteria. It is to be hoped that the conclusions arrived at in this paper would contribute to deepen our knowledge of the notion of wordhood in synthetic languages in South America as well as our understanding of language structure and functioning.
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