Verbal allocutivity in a crosslinguistic perspective

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Allocutivity is a term coined to describe a phenomenon in Basque whereby, under certain pragmatic (and syntactic) circumstances, an addressee who is not an argument of the verb is systematically encoded in all declarative main clause conjugated verb forms. Although the term is applied exclusively to Basque,
similar phenomena are found in other languages as well. Indeed, despite certain differences in the degree of grammaticalization and usage, allocutive verb forms are attested in at least Pumé (isolate; Venezuela), Nambikwara (isolate; Brazil), Mandan (Siouan; North America) and Beja (Cushitic; NE Africa).

The aim of this presentation is to propose a typology of verbal allocutivity in a crosslinguistic perspective,
taking into consideration the locus of encoding, the manner in which it is encoded, the information concerning the addressee which is encoded and the syntactic environments in which it can appear.

  • Les séminaires du CRLAO, organisés par Hilary Chappell (CRLAO-EHESS), ont lieu les
    mercredis  de16h à 18h jusqu’à la fin juin, à l’INALCO, 2 rue de Lille, salle 131, 75007  Paris.
Date
  • le mercredi 26 mars 2014 à 16h
Contacts
  • Hilary Chappell (hmchappell@gmail.com)
    CRLAO, INALCO, 2, rue de Lille, 75007 Paris
    Tél. 01 81 70 10 59
  • Hugues Feler (hugues.feler@ehess.fr)
    CRLAO (EHESS) - 131 boulevard St Michel, 75005 Paris
    Tél. 01 53 10 53 71
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