Simplifying a system: a story of language change in Lelepa, Vanuatu
dc.contributor.author | Lacrampe, Sebastien | en |
dc.contributor.author | Australian Linguistic Society | en_AU |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-19T03:37:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-09-19T03:37:02Z | |
dc.date.created | 2012-10 | en_AU |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-08T07:46:12Z | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper focuses on the problem posed by the vowel surfacing during two encliticization processes in Lelepa (Oceanic, Vanuatu), with the nominalizer =na ‘NMLZ’ and the pronominal =s ‘OBL’. For instance, the verbs faam ‘eat’, mat ‘dead’ and fan ‘go:IRR’ are derived as nafaamina ‘food’, nmatena ‘funeral’ and nafanona ‘departure’. While the base forms have the same vowel /a/, those vowels surfacing before =na seem unpredictable. This paper discusses several possible explanations for these vowels and shows that both historical and phonological approaches are needed to account for them. Still, there is variation in the nominalisation of certain native verbs such as raik ‘fish with hand spear’, which is derived as either naraikana or naraikina ‘hand spear fishing’. It is shown that while naraikana is accounted for in diachrony, naraikina results from a reanalysis process indicated by intergenerational variation. | en_AU |
dc.description.sponsorship | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, School of Language Studies; ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, School of Culture, History and Language | en_AU |
dc.format.extent | 22 pages | en_AU |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_AU |
dc.identifier.citation | Lacrampe, S. (2012). Simplifying a system: A story of language change in Lelepa, Vanuatu. In M. Ponsonnet, L. Dao & M. Bowler (Eds), Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Linguistic Society Conference – 2011, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, 2-4 December 2011 (pp. 224-245). | en_AU |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0-9802815-4-5 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9402 | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_AU |
dc.provenance | Copyright remains with the author. Permission has been given to deposit this paper and make it publicly available - emails from editor of proceedings, dated 30/08/12 and 8/10/12 | en_AU |
dc.publisher | Australian Linguistic Society | en_AU |
dc.relation.ispartof | Australian Linguistic Society Conference | en_AU |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Australian Linguistic Society Conference: 42nd | en_AU |
dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | en_AU |
dc.source | Proceedings of the 42nd Australian Linguistic Society Conference 2011 | en_AU |
dc.source.uri | http://langfest.anu.edu.au/index.php/als/als2011 | en_AU |
dc.subject | Lelepa | en_AU |
dc.subject | Oceanic | en_AU |
dc.subject | borrowings | en_AU |
dc.subject | vowels | en_AU |
dc.subject | language change | en_AU |
dc.title | Simplifying a system: a story of language change in Lelepa, Vanuatu | en_AU |
dc.type | Conference paper | en_AU |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 244 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 223 | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Lacrampe, Sébastien, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, School of Language Studies | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoremail | sebastien.lacrampe@anu.edu.au | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoruid | u4630671 | en_AU |
local.description.notes | The conference proceedings can be found at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/9404. "The 2011 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society was ... hosted jointly by the School of Language Studies and the School of Culture, History and Language. The Conference convenors were Jane Simpson and Nicholas Evans" - from Proceedings, Editorial Note | en_AU |
local.description.refereed | Yes | |
local.identifier.absfor | 200406 - Language in Time and Space (incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology) | |
local.identifier.absseo | 950299 - Communication not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u9910377xPUB69 | |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u4695728 | en_AU |
local.publisher.url | http://www.als.asn.au | en_AU |
local.type.status | Published Version | en_AU |