Asya Alekseeva (HSE University) Verb system of Aguaruna

Aguaruna is a language spoken in Peru and Ecuador, in the foothills of the Andes. It belongs to the Jivaroan language family, which consists of only four languages (Shuar, Achuar-Shiwiar, Huambisa, and Aguaruna). These languages are located between two areas: the languages of the Andes and the languages of the Amazon, and they exhibit properties similar to both areas.
Aguaruna can be characterized as an agglutinative language with a high degree of fusion and complex morphophonology. In this talk, I will present a work in progress, which is part of a study on verb systems of the Jivaroan languages. I will provide an overview of the Aguaruna verb system and discuss some of its peculiar features, such as the orientation of the verb system to illocutionary force/modality and the discourse-oriented nature of the tense system.