Defining Definiteness in Turoyo

Defining Definiteness in TuroyoGlossaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/7EHJI3LD/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MiriamYifrachElizabethCoppockDefining Definiteness in Turoyohttp://syriaca.org/cbss/7EHJI3LDhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/7EHJI3LDhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/7EHJI3LDGlossa6:120211-24This paper puts forth an expanded typology of definiteness marking, which includes not only 'strong' and 'weak' but also 'super-weak'. It also proposes a methodology for identifying 'super-weak' definites, and applies it to Ţuroyo, an endangered Semitic language. Data from questionnaires and interviews shows that Ţuroyo's definite article has a very wide distribution, including anti-uniqueness effects with exclusives, suggesting 'super-weak' status. Syntactic factors also affect their distribution: We find definiteness-spreading uses with demonstratives and possessives, even in non-contrastive environments, and superlative adjectives appear to compete for the article's syntactic position. On the semantic side, we propose that Ţuroyo's definiteness-markers are not 'weak' but 'super-weak' articles. To explain their anaphoric uses, typical of 'strong' articles, we propose that the typology is arranged as a cline ordered by entailment, so that stronger articles entail weaker ones. Yifrach, Miriam, and Elizabeth Coppock. “Defining Definiteness in Turoyo.” Glossa 6:1 (2021): 1–24. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.16995/giossa.5874. Miriam Yifrach and Elizabeth Coppock, Defining Definiteness in Turoyo, Glossa 6:1 (2021): 1–24, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.16995/giossa.5874.Modern SyriacSyriac languageTuroyogrammar