Degree modification of adjectives in Karitiana

Authors

  • Luciana Sanchez-Mendes Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Keywords:

degree modification, adjectives, Indigenous languages

Abstract

This paper focuses on degree modification on the adjectival domain in Karitiana. More specifically, its aim is to analyze the scalar structures of adjectives modified by the adverb pita (‘very’). This investigation is inspired by the general idea that the distribution and meaning of degree modifiers reveals the nature of the scalar structures involved (KENNEDY; MCNALLY, 2005).

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Author Biography

Luciana Sanchez-Mendes, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Departamento de Linguística – Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Unité Mixte de Recherche Strutures Formelles du Langage (UMR 7023) – Université Paris 8 (Paris 8)

References

KENNEDY, C. Projecting the adjective: the syntax and semantics of gradability and comparison. NewYork: Garland. 1999.

KENNEDY, C.; MCNALLY, L. Scale Structure, Degree Modification, and the Semantics of Gradable Predicates. Language, v. 81, n. 2, p. 345-381, 2005.

KLEIN, E. A semantics for positive and comparative adjectives. Linguistics and Philosophy, v. 4, p. 1-45, 1980.

RUSSELL, B. On Denoting. Mind, v. 14, p. 479-493, 1905.

STORTO, L. Copular constructions in Karitiana: a case against case movement. In: LIMA. S. (Ed.) University of Massachusetts Occasional Papers 41: Proceedings of SULA 5: Semantics of Under-Represented Languages in the Americas. Amherst: GLSA/ The University of Massachusetts, 2010.

STORTO, L.; VANDER VELDEN, F. F. Karitiana. In: STORTO, L.; VANDER VELDEN, F. F. Povos Indígenas do Brasil. 2005. Disponível em: <http://pib.socioambiental.org/pt/povo/karitiana>. Acesso em: 1 fev. 2009.

Published

2015-04-21

How to Cite

Sanchez-Mendes, L. (2015). Degree modification of adjectives in Karitiana. Estudos Linguísticos (São Paulo. 1978), 43(01), 251–261. Retrieved from https://revistadogel.emnuvens.com.br/estudos-linguisticos/article/view/435

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Section

Línguas Indígenas e Africanas