OLAC Record oai:hughandbecky.us:0008

Metadata
Title:		Ubiquitous Association in u̱t‑Maꞌin
Abstract:		The u̱t‑Maꞌin associative morpheme is in widespread use across different four distinct syntactic constructions. Understanding these diverse uses of the associative and the accompanying agreement marking is crucial to understanding the grammar of the language.
Access Rights:		Open Access
Bibliographic Citation:		Paterson, Rebecca. 2020. Ubiquitous Association in u̱t‑Maꞌin. Presented in the Summer Colloquia Series, Canada Institute of Linguistics, July 28th. Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada. Available online: https://hughandbecky.us/Becky-CV/talk/2020-ubiquitous-association-in-utmain
Contributor (researcher):		Rebecca Paterson
Contributor (speaker):		Rebecca Paterson
Description:		u̱t‑Maꞌin is a Kainji, East Benue-Congo language, spoken in northwestern Nigeria (ISO 639-3 code [[gel](https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/gel)]). The u̱t‑Maꞌin associative morpheme is in widespread use across different syntactic constructions. The associative can create a modifying phrase from a descriptive noun with a wide range of semantic relationships between the two nouns. The associative also serves as the relative pronoun introducing a descriptive relative clause. The associative can mark a goal or an object that is contained within the nominalized verb phrase. When a nominalized verb phrase is the complement to an auxiliary construction, the associative (only sometimes) marks the object complement of the verb. Finally, the associative marks the nominative form of nouns in certain morphosyntactic environments; this results in a so-called marked-nominative word form and clause alignment pattern. These diverse uses of the associative and the accompanying agreement marking are pervasive in u̱t‑Maꞌin and understanding these uses crucial to understanding the grammar of the language.
Identifier (URI):		https://hughandbecky.us/Becky-CV/talk/2020-ubiquitous-association-in-utmain/
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Subject:		general_linguistics
		morphology
		syntax
		Grammar
		u̱t‑MaꞌRor
		ut-Ma'in language
Subject (ISO639):		gel
Subject (OLAC):		general_linguistics
		morphology
		syntax
Type (DCMI):		Event
Type (OLAC):		language_description
OLAC Info
Archive:		Rebecca Paterson's Interactive Research Portfolio
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/hughandbecky.us
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OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:hughandbecky.us:0008
DateStamp:		2021-02-22
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Rebecca Paterson (speaker); Rebecca Paterson (researcher). n.d. Rebecca Paterson's Interactive Research Portfolio.
Terms:		area_Africa area_Europe country_GB country_NG dcmi_Event iso639_eng iso639_gel olac_general_linguistics olac_language_description olac_morphology olac_syntax
Inferred Metadata
Country:		Nigeria
Area:		Africa