Some peculiarities of comparative constructions in Nivacle

Abstract

Nivacle, an under-studied Mataguayo language from the Gran Chaco, displays a bewildering variety of typological rarities, for instance in the realms of possession, verbal alignment, predicative possession and applicatives (Fabre 2004, 2009-2010, 2012, 2015, 2016). The purpose of this article is to document different types of comparative and equative constructions, some of which, like one-word “all-in-one” comparatives, have scarcely been reported before.

Keywords

• comparatives
• mataguayo
• nivacle