Essays about: "Emilia Roosvall"

Found 2 essays containing the words Emilia Roosvall.

  1. 1. Revisiting parts of the verb in Southern Nambikwara: Towards a definition of subjectivity as a grammatical category

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Emilia Roosvall; [2022]
    Keywords : Southern Nambikwara; subjectivity; epistemic marking; egophoricity; co-distributions;

    Abstract : This study investigates verb-final morphemes in Southern Nambikwara — a polysynthetic language spoken in the Mato Grosso region of southwestern Brazil. The verb-final morphemes -wa2 and -ɾa2/-la2 have previously been described as denoting an aspect distinction between imperfectivity and perfectivity (da Silva 2021; B. Kroeker 1982; M. READ MORE

  3. 2. Goal and source in South American languages

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Emilia Roosvall; [2020]
    Keywords : goal; source; South American languages; motion events; linguistic typology;

    Abstract : This study primarily investigates the expression of two local roles, goal and source, in South American languages. Local roles describe the direction of movement or locatedness in relation to a physical object, a ground, in a motion event. READ MORE