A Study of Triple Verb Serialization in Four Formosan Languages

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-110
Author(s):  
Maya Yuting Yeh ◽  
Shuanfan Huang
Keyword(s):  
Formosan Languages ◽  
Verb Serialization

Reassessing the Position of Kanakanavu and Saaroa among the Formosan Languages

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Zeitoun ◽  
Stacy F. Teng
Keyword(s):  
Formosan Languages

scholarly journals On the grammaticalization of nominalization marker =ay in Kavalan and Amis: a contrastive study

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Haowen Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Epistemic Modality ◽  
Contrastive Study ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Formosan Languages ◽  
Strong Commitment

In light of a functional perspective on nominalization, this paper investigates the nominalization marker =ay in two Formosan languages Kavalan and Amis. In addition to denoting persons/things or events, the marker also indicates perfectivity or emphasis. The latter non-referring functions of =ay are argued to derive from its grammatical status as an epistemic modality marker conveying a speaker’s strong commitment to a proposition, which presumably has been grammaticalized from its referring functions. Several types of evidence are presented to support the hypothesized grammaticalization path, including synchronic-intralingual, synchronic-interlingual, historical, and typological.

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