Kaingang: gender or classifiers?

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Autor(a) principal: D’Angelis, Wilmar da Rocha
Data de Publicação: 2018
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica (Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/ling/article/view/20672
Resumo: The Kaingang language presents a particular vocalic alternation involving low nasal vowels, which has traditionally been treated either as dialect differences or as a case of “free variation”. My two-decade contact with native speakers of several Kaingang communities ”“ particularly from Xapecó (SC), Nonoai, and Inhacorá (RS) ”“ allows me to consider this vocalic alternation as a kind of “classifier” with some characteristics of “gender”. This paper argues that these distinctions in pronunciation are not mere dialect differences in Kaingang. The linguistic reality is much richer, more revealing and more interesting than the magical discard of “free variation”.
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spelling Kaingang: gender or classifiers?The Kaingang language presents a particular vocalic alternation involving low nasal vowels, which has traditionally been treated either as dialect differences or as a case of “free variation”. My two-decade contact with native speakers of several Kaingang communities ”“ particularly from Xapecó (SC), Nonoai, and Inhacorá (RS) ”“ allows me to consider this vocalic alternation as a kind of “classifier” with some characteristics of “gender”. This paper argues that these distinctions in pronunciation are not mere dialect differences in Kaingang. The linguistic reality is much richer, more revealing and more interesting than the magical discard of “free variation”.Laboratório de Línguas e Literaturas Indígenas2018-12-17info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/ling/article/view/2067210.26512/rbla.v4i1.20672Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2012); 137-156Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica; Vol. 4 Núm. 1 (2012); 137-156Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2012); 137-156Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica; v. 4 n. 1 (2012); 137-1562317-13752176-834Xreponame:Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica (Online)instname:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)instacron:UNBenghttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/ling/article/view/20672/19055D’Angelis, Wilmar da Rochainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2019-09-28T02:43:07Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/20672Revistahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/lingPUBhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/ling/oairbla.unb@gmail.com||asacczoe@gmail.com2317-13752176-834Xopendoar:2019-09-28T02:43:07Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica (Online) - Universidade de Brasília (UnB)false
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description The Kaingang language presents a particular vocalic alternation involving low nasal vowels, which has traditionally been treated either as dialect differences or as a case of “free variation”. My two-decade contact with native speakers of several Kaingang communities ”“ particularly from Xapecó (SC), Nonoai, and Inhacorá (RS) ”“ allows me to consider this vocalic alternation as a kind of “classifier” with some characteristics of “gender”. This paper argues that these distinctions in pronunciation are not mere dialect differences in Kaingang. The linguistic reality is much richer, more revealing and more interesting than the magical discard of “free variation”.
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