The Function Of Verb Prefixes In Southwestern Otom?? (sil International And The [Paperback]

Discusses how Otom? verb prefixes include deixis in their function.

States that a key element to understanding the makeup of Otom? verbs is the role of deixis in the verb and elsewhere in the sentence. Discusses how every independent Otomi sentence is grounded in reality through deixis, and every dependent sentence depends upon deictic grounding in sentences around it.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations

Introduction

1.1 Deixis in Otom?
1.2 The deictic center
1.3 Verbs without prefixes
1.4 Deictic adverbs
1.5 Directional verb suffixes
1.6 Derivational prefixes
1.7 The phonological reduction of verb prefixes
1.8 Augmentation of mutable verb roots
1.9 Interpreting homophonous prefix strings

The Noun Phrase

2.1-2.5 Determiners
2.6 Quantifiers
2.7 Preposed descriptive modifiers
2.8 Postposed modifiers
2.9 Nonactive predicates

Primary Second-order Prefixes

3.1 Present-tense prefixes
3.2 Completive-aspect prefixes
3.3 Future-tense prefixes

Conjunct Second-order Prefixes

4.1 The syntactic distribution of conjunct clauses
4.2 First-person conjunct prefixes
4.3 Second-person conjunct prefixes
4.4 Third-person conjunct prefixes

Third-order Prefixes

5.1 The imperfect prefixes
5.2 Imperfect m?- with primary second-order prefixes
5.3 Imperfect m?- with conjunct second-order prefixes
5.4 The eventline adverb s?-
5.5 The eventline prefix s?-

First-order Prefixes

6.1-6.3 Punctiliar prefixes
6.4-6.6 Durative prefixes
6.7-6.8 Progressive prefixes
6.9 The future perfect prefix
6.10 Person-marking irrealis prefixes

Otom? Text

Index