Morphosyntax of the Nivacle verb and some comparisons with other languages of the Gran Chaco region and beyond (final version)

The following paper explores the morphosyntax of Nivacle verbs. Like most Gran Chaco languages, Nivacle is understudied. Additionally, it exhibits interesting typological rarities. Particular typological topics are also addressed, offering comparisons with other languages both within the Gran Chaco area and on a wider geographical scale, but no attempt has been made to offer a systematic typological comparison of each particular problem. However, the paper does not address purely lexical derivation, which I have considered elsewhere (Fabre 2016: 327–343)[1] nor such topics as coordination, subordination, multi-verb constructions and relative clauses. Of course, verbs play a central role in those constructions and they will be spotted in many examples. For more information, the interested reader is referred to Fabre (2016: 388–433).