Date of Award

12-1977

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Linguistics

First Advisor

D. G. Frantz

Abstract

The following thesis is a study of the phenomenon of question embedding in Southern Tiwa, a Native American language of New Mexico. The introduction includes some observations about Isleta Pueblo, its people, and the language they speak - technically named Southern Tiwa. The first section is a general definition of 'embedded question', and a description of this phenomenon in Southern Tiwa. Also included is a demonstration of how interrogative intent is signalled by the dubitative in both independent and complement clauses. The second section is a comparison of the Isleta embedded question to certain other grammatical constructions - the relative clause, the content question, and the cleft construction. In the final section, paradigms of referential forms are presented with explanations and examples. These paradigms explain the formation of interrogative pronouns, embedding, interrogatives, unspecified referentials, negative referentials, 'random' referentials, and the 'unknown' referential.

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