A typological overview of Emerillon, a Tupi-Guarani language from French Guiana

F. Rose (1)

1 DDL - Dynamique Du Langage

This article offers a typological overview of the Emerillon language, a Tupí- Guaraní language spoken by a small community in French Guiana. General information is provided on various aspects of the grammar, within the domains of phonology, morphology, and syntax. Special attention is given to a few features of the language that are rather rare and/or poorly discussed in the typological literature, namely morphemic nasal harmony, a hierarchical person indexation system, a rare type of nominal predication, and the existence of a specific marker for sociative causation. These features are all typical of the Tupí-Guaraní family.

Mots clés: alignment; Amazonia; causative; cross-reference; Emerillon; nasal harmony; nominal predication; person hierarchy; Tupí-Guaraní; valency

Domaines: Linguistique

F. Rose. A typological overview of Emerillon, a Tupi-Guarani language from French Guiana. Linguistic Typology, 2008, 12 (3), pp.431-460. ⟨10.1515/LITY.2008.044⟩. ⟨halshs-00724352⟩