Grammaticalization of Purpose Clauses in Pima Bajo

Authors

  • Abigail Anduaga Coello Universidad de Sonora
  • Zarina Estrada Fernández Universidad de Sonora

Abstract

This paper examines the strategies used in Pima bajo, a tepiman language of the Uto-Aztecan family spoken in Northwestern Mexico, to express purpose adverbial relations. Based on a mixed technique of  analysis of 15 narratives and through elicitation, it was found that the main strategies used by this language are: aspect and irrealis markers, the position of the dependent clause related to the main clause, the connective ko and its relation to referentiality and the same subject marker =it. At the end of the discussion there is a proposal for the grammaticalization of the seemingly new clausal purpose marker vuikam.

Key words: Pima bajo, purpose clauses, grammaticalization

Published

2021-02-01

How to Cite

Anduaga Coello, A., & Estrada Fernández, Z. (2021). Grammaticalization of Purpose Clauses in Pima Bajo. Revista De Lenguas Y Literatura Indoamericanas - Antes Lengua Y Literatura Mapuche, 21(1), 26–51. Retrieved from https://revistas.ufro.cl/ojs/index.php/indoamericana/article/view/2521