Formalizing point-of-view: the role of sentience in Blackfoot's direct/inverse system

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dc.contributor.advisorRitter, D. Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorBliss, Heather
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T21:48:19Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T21:48:19Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 111-118en
dc.description.abstractObviation and direct/inverse in the Algonquian languages are typically assumed to work together as a single concerted system, both marking the same type of discourse prominence. This thesis challenges this assumption through an investigation of the direct/inverse system of Blackfoot, a Plains Algonquian language spoken in Southern Alberta and Northwestern Montana. I argue that sentience, or real-world animacy, is the determinant factor in Blackfoot's direct/inverse, and that obviation is tangential to this system. The fundamental role of sentience in Blackfoot's direct/inverse is explored from both a syntactic and a pragmatic perspective. A syntactic treatment is proposed in which a feature [Sentient] is checked in a functional projection that determines direct and inverse marking. With respect to its pragmatic content, I argue that this functional projection is a Point-of-View Phrase, and that direct/inverse m Blackfoot grammaticalizes the pragmatic notion of point-of-view.
dc.format.extentviii, 119 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationBliss, H. (2005). Formalizing point-of-view: the role of sentience in Blackfoot's direct/inverse system (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2496en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/2496
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/103497
dc.language.isoeng
dc.language.isobla
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleFormalizing point-of-view: the role of sentience in Blackfoot's direct/inverse system
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineLinguistics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1557 520492074
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