Chipaya case markers -kiś and -kin: Subject and speaker reference

Authors

  • Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz
  • Katja Hannß

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18441/ind.v25i0.77-93

Abstract

In this paper we present a first analysis of two location/direction markers of the Amerindian Chipaya language, which is spoken by ca 1,800 per­sons in the Bolivian Altiplano village of Santa Ana de Chipaya (Dept. Oruro). Distinctive features of the Chipaya case marking system are the directional, indi­rect complement and locative marking suffixes -kiś and -kin. Each covers all three functions. Whilst similar case marking is also found in other languages, Chipaya shows a further peculiarity. The suffix -kiś always marks closeness and always refers to the relationship between subject and complement, but the dis­tance marker -kin behaves differently. With an indirect complement it indicates that the location marked by it is distant from the subject; with a locative com­plement it is the speaker’s standpoint and not the subject that determines its usage.

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Published

2008-01-01

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Vol. 25 (2008)

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