Object sharing in mbya guarani: A case of asymmetrical verbal serialization?

• Autores: Vieira, Marcia Damaso; Baranger, Estefania
• Año de publicación: 2021
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: ASYMMETRICAL SERIAL VERBS; MBYA GUARANI; OBJECT SHARING; SIMUL-TANEITY; TUPI-GUARANI LANGUAGES
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

In this paper, we intend to describe and discuss the grammatical status of the V1-V2 (Cy/vy) constructions found in Mbya Guarani which can express simultaneous events, among other meanings, and which involve a single clause. We suggest here that this verbal complex can be treated as a case of asymmetrical verbal serialization because it contains verbs from a major lexical class, occupying V1 slot, followed by a more restricted intransitive verbal class, such as movement, postural, or stative verbs, which stand in V2 position. The curious feature of these constructions is that V2 can be transitivized through the attachment of applicative or causative morphemes and “share” its object with transitive V1. “Object sharing” is another property attributed to serialization, as suggested by Baker and Baker and Stewart, which may be seen as a strong argument in favor of the present hypothesis. We will also provide evidence to distinguish Mbya Guarani V1-V2 (Cy/vy) complex from other constructions, such as temporal and purpose subordinate clauses, involving the particle vy.
Fil: Vieira, Marcia Damaso. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Brasil
Fil: Baranger, Estefania. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Formosa; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; Argentina