Definiteness in the noun phrase in wayunaiki

The present article describes the category of definiteness in Wayunaiki(–Septentrional–Arawak: Colombia). The literature suggests that the noun phrase in this language has grammatical elementsthat lend it as either definite or indefinite. The definiteness category is marked on...

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Main Author:	Rudecindo Ramírez González
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad del Valle 2018-01-01
Series:	Lenguaje
Subjects:	definiteness;wayunaiki; amerindian languages; linguistic description;morphology.
Online Access:	http://revistalenguaje.univalle.edu.co/index.php/lenguaje/article/view/7182/10139

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spelling	doaj-f12ee6a33ce7401da432a03352c2caa32020-11-25T03:40:50ZengUniversidad del ValleLenguaje2539-38042018-01-01471284510.25100/lenguaje.v47i1.7182Definiteness in the noun phrase in wayunaikiRudecindo Ramírez González0Universidad de la GuajiraThe present article describes the category of definiteness in Wayunaiki(–Septentrional–Arawak: Colombia). The literature suggests that the noun phrase in this language has grammatical elementsthat lend it as either definite or indefinite. The definiteness category is marked on nouns, articles and adjectives. The indefinite (wanee) is lexical and the definite (-ka-) is a suffix. The first part of the paper presents the state of the art regarding this phenomenon. The second part shows the findings of the currentstudy compared to previous data from other authors. Finally, in the third part, we present our conclusions regarding this phenomenon.http://revistalenguaje.univalle.edu.co/index.php/lenguaje/article/view/7182/10139definiteness;wayunaiki; amerindian languages; linguistic description;morphology.
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title	Definiteness in the noun phrase in wayunaiki
title_short	Definiteness in the noun phrase in wayunaiki
title_full	Definiteness in the noun phrase in wayunaiki
title_fullStr	Definiteness in the noun phrase in wayunaiki
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publisher	Universidad del Valle
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publishDate	2018-01-01
description	The present article describes the category of definiteness in Wayunaiki(–Septentrional–Arawak: Colombia). The literature suggests that the noun phrase in this language has grammatical elementsthat lend it as either definite or indefinite. The definiteness category is marked on nouns, articles and adjectives. The indefinite (wanee) is lexical and the definite (-ka-) is a suffix. The first part of the paper presents the state of the art regarding this phenomenon. The second part shows the findings of the currentstudy compared to previous data from other authors. Finally, in the third part, we present our conclusions regarding this phenomenon.
topic	definiteness;wayunaiki; amerindian languages; linguistic description;morphology.
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Definiteness in the noun phrase in wayunaiki

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