Abstract
This paper presents a description of the augment in Shinyiha1. The overall purpose of the study was to investigate the function of the segment that appears before the class prefix of the noun in Shinyiha. Elicitation method was in most cases, in the form of informal discussion. The findings indicate that the occurrence of the augment in Shinyiha is triggered by syntactic contexts. Precisely speaking, the occurrence of the augment is triggered by the type of the construction used. This paper argues that although the function of the augment may be related to definiteness, specificity and topicality, these pragmatic functions are partial and are not consistent. Therefore they cannot be generalized.
Recommended Citation
Goodness, Devet
(2013)
"What Triggers the Augment in Shinyiha?,"
Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences: Vol. 2
:
No.
1
, Article 3.
Available at: https://doi.org/vlm2/1/2