SIL Electronic Working Papers 2011-003

Morphosyntactic correlates of reference in Auye

Author	Moxness, Michael
Abstract	Auye employs a very distinct reference strategy for narrative discourse. A "dominant" referent (or group) is consistently marked throughout the narrative with morphosyntactic forms that distinguish it from other referents. Languages around the world that have such a reference strategy usually mark the distinction on the referent NP. Auye, instead, expresses the distinction by means that are both morphological (tense-aspect marking on the mainline verb) and syntactic (special temporal adverbial clause types). After a description of the reference strategy, a proposed Dominance Hierarchy will attempt to show the correlation between the relative degree of dominance assigned to the referents and their morphosyntactic expressions.
	Morphosyntactic correlates of reference in Auye
Published	2011
Language	Auye [auu]
Country	Indonesia
Subjects	Discourse analysis Language texts
Keywords	Auye; Papuan languages; discourse; participant reference; participant reference strategy; VIP reference; thematic reference; morphosyntax