The event will be held via Zoom: ubc.zoom.us/j/64763345823.The passcode is 635410. (The meeting I D is 647 6334 5823.)
Anne Bertrand (UBC) will present a colloquium en titled\, "Investigating comparatives in Ktunaxa: A fieldwork and crosslingu istic perspective".
Abstract: Languages vary widely in how they conve y comparisons. Some languages\, like English\, have morphemes dedicated to expressing comparisons (e.g. John is taller than Andrew)\, while s ome languages like Washo use conjoined clauses to accomplish a similar effe ct (e.g. John is tall and Andrew is short) (Bochnak\, 2015). In th is talk\, I take a look at how Ktunaxa\, a language isolate spoken in the C olumbia River Basin by the Ktunaxa people\, expresses comparatives. Ktunaxa shows a hybrid pattern. It exhibits properties of Washo-like systems\, and English-like systems. I explore the implications of this pattern for model s of crosslinguistic variation and discuss what ingredients are required to account for variation between languages like English\, Washo and Ktunaxa. I also discuss how linguistic research can support language revitalization as it applies to the Ktunaxa context.
Reference:
Bochnak\, M. R
. (2015). The degree semantics parameter and cross-linguistic variation.
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