Finiteness and nominalization / edited by Claudine Chamoreau, CNRS (CEMCA/SeDyL-CELIA) ; Zarina Estrada-Fernández, Universidad de Sonora.

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Intro -- Finiteness and Nominalization -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Finiteness and nominalization -- 1. Finiteness, nominalization, and information structure -- 2. Correlation between the continuum of finiteness and the scale from dependent to independent clause -- 3. Nominalization structures and their relation to the scale of finiteness -- 4. Diachronic process: Re-finitization and finitization -- References -- Part I. Finiteness, nominalization and information structure -- Exploring finiteness and non-finiteness in Pima Bajo (Uto-Aztecan) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic characteristics of the language -- 3. Finiteness in Pima Bajo -- 3.1 Illocutionary force markers and aspect morphology as finite markers -- 3.2 Finiteness and personal pronouns -- 4. Non-finiteness as a complex and scalar phenomenon -- 4.1 Nominalized verb constructions with the suffix -dam -- 4.2 The stative suffix -ka -- 4.3 The relative marker -kig -- 4.4 The non-subject or genitive-accusative pronoun -- 4.5 Subject dependent clitic pronouns and the subordinator ko -- 5. Final remarks -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Finiteness, nominalization, and information structure -- 1. Setting the stage: Nominalization, finiteness, and information structure -- 2. The three domains: Clarifications and definitions -- 3. Finiteness and nominalization (zone of overlap I) -- 4. Finiteness and information structure (zone of overlap II) -- 5. Nominalization and information structure (zone of overlap III) -- 6. Nominalization, finiteness, and information structure (zone of overlap IV) -- 7. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Part II. Correlation between continuum of finiteness and scale from dependent to independent clause -- Finiteness in Haruai -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Finite verb forms.

3. Semi-finite verb forms -- 4. Non-finite verb forms -- 5. Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Non-finite chain-medial clauses on the continuum of finiteness in Purepecha -- 1. Finiteness and chain-medial clauses: A brief introduction -- 2. Purepecha: Some basic grammatical information -- 2.1 Independent and main clauses -- 2.2 Coordination -- 2.3 Subordination -- 2.3.1 Finite subordinate clauses -- 2.3.2 Non-finite complement and purpose clauses -- 3. Chain-medial clauses in Purepecha: A continuum of ease of referential recoverability -- 3.1 Referential continuity -- 3.2 Referential predictability without ambiguity -- 3.3 The leitmotif strategy in the narrative -- 3.4 New referent -- 4. Tense-aspect-irrealis-mood continuity -- 5. Thematic continuity and a high degree of coherence -- 6. Concluding comments: Chain-medial clauses on the continuum of finiteness -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- References -- Part III. Nominalization structures and their relation to the scale of finiteness -- On the tightrope between infinitives and action nouns -- 1. Introduction: Establishing a common ground -- 2. Otomi -- 3. The nominalized complement construction -- 3.1 Semantics of the nominalized complement in the NCC -- 3.2 The complement nominalization is an action noun -- 3.3 Intransitive nominalizations -- 4. Exploring the differences between the two NCCs -- 4.1 The matrix verbs in the NCC -- 4.2 Lexical gaps in the nominalization slot of the NCC -- 4.3 The use of the NCC with respect to other structures -- 4.4 The emergence of an intransitive infinitive marker in Eastern Otomi -- 5. Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Referential markers in Oceanic nominalized constructions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nominalization: Markers and functions -- 2.1 Three types of nominalization -- 2.2 Range of functions.

3. Tense-aspect markers in nominalized clauses -- 3.1 Occurrence of tense-aspect markers -- 3.1.1 Past tense -- 3.1.2 Perfective -- 3.1.3 Perfect -- 3.1.4 Imperfective -- 3.1.5 Progressive -- 3.1.6 Immediate -- 3.2 Constraints -- 3.2.1 Constraints on the selection of individual tense-aspect markers -- 3.2.2 The role of affixes -- 3.2.3 Constraints imposed by articles -- 3.2.4 The role of argument structure -- 4. Negation -- 4.1 Negative markers are allowed -- 4.2 Nominal negation only -- 4.3 Negative markers are not allowed -- 5. Subject plural agreement -- 6. Compatibility with adverbs -- 7. Arguments in nominalized clauses -- 7.1 Ergative languages -- 7.2 Accusative languages -- 7.3 Other cases -- 8. Conclusions -- 8.1 Diachronic considerations -- 8.2 Typological implicative hierarchy -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- References -- The role of nominalization in theticity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Typological profile -- 3. Finiteness -- 4. Nominalization -- 5. Nominal predication -- 6. Truncated nominalization -- 7. Hybrids -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- On non-finiteness and canonical imperatives -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 General features -- 1.2 The present paper -- 2. Discourse Grammar -- 2.1 An outline -- 2.2 Thetical characteristics of imperatives -- 3. Canonical imperatives -- 3.1 Nonfiniteness -- 3.2 Phonetic size -- 3.3 Meaning -- 3.4 Suppletism -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- References -- The evolution of grammatical nominalizations in Cahita languages -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cahita language(s) and data -- 3. Grammatical nominalization -- 3.1 Noun and nominalization -- 3.2 Grammatical and lexical nominalizations -- 3.3 Relativization and nominalization -- 3.4 Relativization as grammatical nominalization apposition -- 4. Grammatical nominalization and relativization in Cahita -- 4.1 Old Cahita.

4.2 Modern Cahita -- 4.2.1 Yaqui -- 4.2.2 Mayo -- 5. The evolution of grammatical nominalizations in Cahita -- 5.1 Origins of the nominalizing suffixes -- 5.2 Evolution of grammatical nominalizations -- 6. Final remarks on nominalization and relativization -- Abbreviations -- References -- Part IV. Diachronic process: Re-finitization and finitization -- Shifting finiteness in nominalization -- 1. Nominalization and the loss of finiteness -- 2. Barbareño Chumash -- 3. Clause nominalization I: Dependency hi= -- 4. Clause nominalization II: With determiners -- 5. Clause nominalization III: Determiners + Nominalizer al- -- 5.1 Extension to syntax: Events -- 5.2 Extension to syntax: Participants -- 6. Morphological refinitization: Argument specification -- 7. Syntactic re-finitization: Emancipation -- 8. The direction of development -- 9. Conclusion -- References -- The Manner converb in Beja (Cushitic) and its refinitization -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A brief overview of Beja -- 3. The Manner converb in adverbial clauses -- 3.1 Manner clauses -- 3.2 Causal clauses -- 3.3 Attendant circumstance clauses -- 3.4 Purposive clauses -- 4. The Manner converb in complement and relative clauses -- 4.1 In complement clauses -- 4.2 In relative clauses -- 5. Adverbial uses -- 6. Argumental use: Cognate objects -- 7. Verbal adjectives -- 7.1 Copredication -- 7.2 Attributive adjectives -- 8. Refinitization of the Manner converb -- 8.1 Emphatic polarity -- 8.2 Volition -- 8.3 Perfect -- 9. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- On finitization -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Finiteness -- 3. Functional and formal diachronic evolutions of non-finite dependent clauses -- 4. Scenarios of finitization -- 5. Gradual finitization -- 5.1 Pekodian: Stage 2 of gradual finitization -- 5.2 Neapolitan: Stage 3 of gradual finitization.

5.3 Emerillon: Stages 1-4 of gradual finitization -- 6. Instantaneous finitization -- 6.1 Udi: Reanalysis of a non-finite verb form as finite -- 6.2 Newari: Reanalysis of a non-finite verb form as finite -- 6.3 Mojeño Trinitario: Extension of finiteness into dependent clauses -- 7. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Nominalization and re-finitization -- 1. Orientation -- 2. Finite vs. nominalized clauses -- 3. Typological variation in the distribution of finite vs. nominalized structures -- 3.1 'Permissive' languages -- 3.2 Extreme nominalizing (embedding) languages -- 3.3 Extreme finite (non-subordinating) languages -- 4. The diachronic logic of clause nominalization -- 5. Nominalization and re-finitization -- 5.1 De-subordination -- 5.2 Re-finitization -- 5.3 Re-finitization revisited -- Abbreviations -- References -- APPENDIX: Examples of T-A-M marking in Ute nominalized subordinate clauses -- Index of Languages -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

This volume addresses the relation between finiteness and nominalization, which is far more complex than the simple opposition finite-nonfinite. The contributions analyze finiteness cross-linguistically from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives, focusing on a number of topics that has not been thoroughly explored in the literature. This volume addresses the relation between finiteness and nominalization, which is far more complex than the simple opposition finite-nonfinite. The contributions analyze finiteness cross-linguistically from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives, focusing on a number of topics that has not been thoroughly explored in the literature. First, the correlation between finiteness and nominalization is also affected by a third factor, information structure. Second, there is a correlation between the continuum of finiteness and the scale from main/independent clauses to dependent clauses. Given that of nominalized constructions occur not only in dependent clauses, but also in independent clauses, it is possible to grade according to degree of nominalization, which can then be related to the scale of finiteness. Finally, each of these scales can also be seen as a product the diachronic process of re-finitization and of finitization.

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