Demonstratives and non-embedded nominalisations in three Papuan languages of the Timor-Alor-Pantar family
This paper explores the use of demonstratives in non-embedded clausal nominalisations. We present data and analysis from three Papuan languages of the Timor-Alor-Pantar family in south-east Indonesia. In these languages, demonstratives can apply to the clausal as well as to the nominal
domain, contributing contrastive semantic content in assertive stance-taking and attention-directing utterances. In the Timor-Alor-Pantar constructions, meanings that are to do with spatial and discourse locations at the participant level apply to spatial, temporal and mental locations at
the state or event level.
Keywords: Papuan languages; Timor-Alor-Pantar languages; demonstratives; non-embedded nominalisations
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 30 September 2011
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