Senior Project Advisor

Kristin Denham

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Spring 2021

Keywords

Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, Halkomelem, Morphosyntax, Syntax, Pronominal Argument Hypothesis, Clitic Behavior, Radical Head Marking

Abstract

Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ is the Downriver Dialect of the anglicized Halkomelem spoken primarily by the Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm community. Like many Salish languages, Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ has been argued to be a Pronominal Argument language (PA) given the complex predicate structure that can occur. However, Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ relies much more heavily on clitics to encode and mark for information in a phrase. Overall, there are four types of clitics in Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓: inner proclitics, inner enclitics, pre-predicate clitics, and second position clitics (Gerdts and Werle, 2014). Clitic behavior as a concept is incredibly understudied and this preliminary analysis into the structure of Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ contributes both to the discussion of clitics and the discussion of non-colonizer languages.

Department

Linguistics

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Halkomelem language--British Columbia; Grammar, Comparative and general--Pronominals; Grammar, Comparative and general--Clitics

Geographic Coverage

British Columbia

Genre/Form

essays

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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