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Comparison of positional auxiliary verbs in several Southeastern languages

Comparison of positional auxiliary verbs in several Southeastern languages

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Chitimacha is a language isolate formerly spoken in southern Louisiana, and is a part of the Southeast linguistic area. Using documentary materials recorded by Morris Swadesh in the 1930s, this talk examines the language-internal evidence for the diachrony of three features of Chitimacha grammar: positional auxiliary verbs, switch-reference, and ag...