This study examines non-verbal predicative constructions in Mapudungun, with the aim of providing a systematic description from a typological perspective. The objective is to analyze the morphosyntactic strategies employed by the language to encode non-verbal predication, specifically within nominal, adjectival, and adverbial domains. The methodological framework is based on the model proposed by Creissels et al. (2025). It combines the analysis of existing Mapudungun grammars with the elicitation of sentences containing non-verbal predicative constructions. Three main strategies are identified: juxtaposition, copulative suffixes (-nge and -le), and copulative verbs (müle- and nge-), each associated with distinct functions depending on the type and semantics of the predication. Results indicate a significant overlap between nominal and adjectival predication in Mapudungun, whereas adver...

The following research describes argument marking in the Huarpean languages —Millcayac and Allentiac—, focusing on the determination of their marking locus and alignment type. With respect to the locus, several systems are observed coexisting in the synchronic stage described by Luis de Valdivia. In both languages, a split alignment is observed in flagging constructions, between nominative-accusative and neutral, and secundative and indirective alignments. In the indexing constructions, a nominative-accusative alignment and one of secundative type are recognized. Finally, regarding the diachronic process, we propose that the Huarpean languages might have exhibited a predominance of marking through flagging, and that they would have gradually incorporated argument indexing construc-tions at the time they were documented by Valdivia, possibly as a result of the influence of surrounding...

The following research describes argument marking in the Huarpean languages —Millcayac and Allentiac—, focusing on the determination of their marking locus and alignment type. With respect to the locus, several systems are observed coexisting in the synchronic stage described by Luis de Valdivia. In both languages, a split alignment is observed in flagging constructions, between nominative-accusative and neutral, and secundative and indirective alignments. In the indexing constructions, a nominative-accusative alignment and one of secundative type are recognized. Finally, regarding the diachronic process, we propose that the Huarpean languages might have exhibited a predominance of marking through flagging, and that they would have gradually incorporated argument indexing construc-tions at the time they were documented by Valdivia, possibly as a result of the influence of surrounding...