A GRAMMAR of the SERRANO LANGUAGE. University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., 1967 Language and Literature, Linguistics
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This dissertation has been microfilmed exactly as received 68-798 HILL, Kenneth Cushman, 1938- A GRAMMAR OF THE SERRANO LANGUAGE. University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., 1967 Language and Literature, linguistics University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UNIVERSITY OP CALIFORNIA Los Angeles A Grammar of the Serraho Language A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics by Kenneth Cushman Hill Committee in charge: Professor William 0. Bright, Chairman Professor Peter Ladefoged Professor Robert P. Stockwell Professor Harry Hoijer Professor Henry B. Nicholson 1967 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. The dissertation of Kenneth Cushman Hill is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication on microfilm: 'Pcf'tr Committee Chairman University of California, Los Angeles 1967 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations iv Vita, Publications, and Fields of Study vi Abstract of the Dissertation vii 0. Introduction 1 1. Phrase-Structure Rules 1 1 2. Lexical Rules 60 3. The Transformational Cycle 118 4. Pre-Morphological Adjustments 166 5. Morphology 194 6 . Post-Morphological Transformations 2 0 2 7. Phonology 247 Bibliography 278 Appendix: Summary of Phrase-Structure Rules 2 8 1 iii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABBREVIATIONS Acc Accusative case Adj Adjective AdjP Adjective-Phrase Adv Sentence adverbial Adverb of manner Advmanner AdVg Sentence Adverb Adverb of time-space AdvTS Asp Aspect Aux Auxiliary Auxv Verbal Auxiliary Ben Benefactive BenP Benefactive-Phrase C Consonant Caus Causative Conj Conjunction CS Complex Symbol D Determiner Distr Distributive DP Determiner-Phrase Dub Dubitative Evidential Ev Evidential EvP Evidential-Phrase Freq Frequentative Fut Future Aspect Gen Genitive case Inf Inferential Evidential Instr Instrumental case Intens Intensifier intr intransitive Manner Manner adverbial Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Mot Motion suffix N Noun Nom Nominal NomP Nominal-Phrase NP Noun-Phrase Num Numeral NumP Numeral-Phrase Perf Perfective Aspect pi plural PreD Pre-Determiner Pred Predicate PredP Predicate-Phrase PreNum Pre-Numeral PS Phrase-structure Punct Punctual suffix PunctP Punctual-Phrase Ques Question Quot Quotative Evidential Redup Reduplication Result Resultative suffix S Sentence sg singular SgSuffix Singular suffix subj subject TS Time-Space adverbial V Verb V Vowel VblP Verbal-Phrase VP Verb-Phrase v Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. VITA October 3, 1938 - Born - Orange, New Jersey 1959-1960 - Teaching Assistant, Institute of Languages and Linguistics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C, 1960 - B.S., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C, 1962 - M.A., University of California, Los Angeles 1962 - Teacher, Peace Corps Program, University of Cali fornia, Los Angeles 1964-1965 - Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley 1965-present - Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, Uni versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor PUBLICATIONS "A Start in Yoruba" (with William E. Welmers). Multi- litlied. Los Angeles, 1962 "Abstracts from North American Publications." Inter national Journal of American Linguistics 29.269-273 (1963), 30.81-83 (1964) "The Musculature of the Tongue," Working Papers in Pho netics, University of California, Los Angeles, June, 1964, pp. 22-28 FIELDS OF STUDY Major Field: Linguistics Studies in General Linguistics. Professors William M. Austin and Paul L. Garvin, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; Profes sors William O. Bright, Harry Hoijer, and Robert P. Stockwell Studies in Phonetics. Professor Peter Ladefoged Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT OP THE DISSERTATION A Grammar of the Serrano Language by Kenneth Cushman Hill Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics University of California, Los Angeles, 1967 Professor William 0. Bright, Chairman The grammar of Serrano, a Uto-Aztecan language of Southern California, is described as consisting of a base component, which specifies deep structure, and a transfor mational component, which maps deep structure into surface form. The base component consists of a categorial component and a lexicon. The categorial component is stated in terms of context-free phrase-structure rules and context- sensitive rule schemata that map lexical categories into complex symbols (CS) . These categorial rules generate vii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Phrase-markers of strings consisting of various occur rences of CS, which mark the positions of lexical cate gories, and of grammatical formatives. The lexicon con sists of syntactic redundancy rules and of lexical entries, of which only a representative sample are provided. A major emphasis is on the distinction between strict sub categorization rules and selectional rules, which allows for the principled development of the context-free phrase- structure rules. The transformational component consists of the trans formational cycle, having to do with agreements and em bedded Sentences] a set of pre-morphological transforma tions, which adjust specific syntactic formatives and features, including those introduced by the agreement transformations of the transformational cycle; a morpho logical component, which relates non-lexically introduced material to phonological form; a set of post-morphological transformations, which include late restructurings and re orderings and transformations whose effects are almost en tirely phonological; and a set of phonological rules, stated in distinctive feature terms, the output of which is identical with a systematic phonetic notation. viii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 0, INTRODUCTION 0,1. The Serrano Language. Serrano is a hitherto unde scribed Uto-Aztecan language. Various Serrano forms have appeared in a number of studies. The fullest lists are in Gatschet (1879), where Serrano is called "Takhtam," Kroe- ber (1907), and Kroeber (1909)j and the most recent publi cation including Serrano forms is Miller (1961). Sapir used Serrano forms, mostly from Kroeber, in his demonstra tion of Uto-Aztecan (Sapir 1913-1914)j but there has never been any systematic analysis of any aspect of Serrano. The present description of Serrano is based on field work done during the summer of 1963 and in December, 1964, with support from the American Council of Learned Socie ties, whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged. I am also greatly indebted to Mrs. Sarah Morongo Martin, my principal informant, and to Louie Marcus, both of the Mo rongo Indian Reservation at Banning, California, for work ing patiently with me on their language. Serrano, which aboriginally was spoken by perhaps 1500 people (Kroeber 1925:617), is spoken by only about half a dozen people at present. It is the last surviving language of the Serrano group of languages, which have been classified as one division of the Southern Californian branch of Uto-Aztecan (Kroeber 1925:577). The Southern 1 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Californian languages have been classified as part of a linguistic unity within Uto-Aztecan known as Shoshonean (Kroeber 1925:575), but this unity has been called into question (Whorf 1935:608; Miller 1964), and perhaps re examination of the inclusion of Serrano in the Southern Californian branch may also be in order. Other than Serrano, the Serrano included Kitanemuk, Alliklik, and Vanyume. Presumably all three are extinct. Whether these groups spoke distinct but closely related languages or merely dialectal variants of the same lan guage as Serrano seems impossible to determine at the present. Serrano was spoken around the San Bernardino Moun tains, With the advent of the Missions, some Serranos re treated into the mountains, whence their name, Spanish for 'mountaineer1. The Serranos have no special name for themselves. The term [ta:qtam], the "Takhtam" of Gatschet (1879), means 'people', and is applied to all Indians. The name used for those Serranos at the Morongo Reserva tion at Banning, California, where most of the present-day Serranos live, is [ma:riqa;iam] 'Morongos', but this term refers only to members of one lineage or local group. Other local groups of Serranos still mentioned are [mihia:’niam], ['ati^:’abiatam], and [mamaiitam]. For the names of other groups, see Benedict (1924:368-369). Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 0,2. A Note on Transcription. Serrano examples are cited in either a systematic phonetic or a morphophonemic tran scription. The latter is indicated by underlining. (Un derlined forms beginning with capital letters are non-pho- nological tags for specific grammatical formatives.) Spaces between letters in the phonetic transcription cor respond to morphophonemic word boundaries. Such spaces have no