u̱t-Maꞌin predication
While investigating verb forms, it became apparent that a lot of tense/aspect/mood designations in U̱t-Maꞌin involve complex structures beyond verb affixation. This project looks at the auxiliaries that are used to convey a wide range of meanings, where the main semantic verb is in nominalized form and bears noun phrase morphology. This auxiliary-plus-nominal-complement structure has grammaticalized to varying degrees for the different auxiliaries. Other topics explored include nonverbal, existential, and possessive predication as well as negation of the various clause types.
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Rebecca Paterson
Associate Research Scholar
My research interests include field linguistics, grammatical description, and translation.
Publications
On the development of two progressive constructions in U̱t‑Maꞌin
Synchronic description of two progressive constructions, proposal of historical sources of the distinct morphological pieces, and a comparison of the U̱t‑Maꞌin Progressive Constructions with cognate elements from four Kainji language clusters.
Nominalization and predication in U̱t‑Maꞌin
A description of the morphosyntax of predication in u̱t‑Maꞌin, especially the extensive use of nominalization and NP agreement phenomena within a wide range of predicative functions.
Kambari Man
One of three referenced texts in Rebecca’s dissertation. Included in the dissertation as an appendix.
Musa and Audu
One of three referenced texts in Rebecca’s dissertation. Included in the dissertation as an appendix.
Young man who wants to marry
One of three referenced texts in Rebecca’s dissertation. Included in the dissertation as an appendix.
Talks
Marked nominative alignment from reanalyzed relative clauses: Towards an explanation of prefixes and suffixes in Northwest Kainji argument marking
In this study I argue that the innovative suffix-marked nominative form is the result of reanalyzing a relative clause structure as main clause syntax. These clauses function are syntactically independent, and yet are somehow discourse dependent with limited occurrence in narrative texts.
University of Oregon Ph.D Defense
A presentation and defense of my Ph.D dissertation — Nominalization and predication in U̱t‑Maꞌin.
