Building Predicates
The View from Palauan
Published on 10. August 2016
Book
Hardback
XVII, 330 pages
978-3-319-28680-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the syntax of Palauan that will appeal to anyone interested in Austronesian languages or formal syntactic and morphological theory. This volume proposes that words in Palauan are not drawn directly from a mental lexicon, but are instead composed at least partially in the syntax. Using original data from syntactic constructions not previously explored in the language, the author entertains several competing theories of word formation and highlights the compatible and incompatible aspects of each, through an exploration into new corners of Palauan syntax and morphology.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
49 farbige Abbildungen
XVII, 330 p. 49 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
688 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-28680-8 (9783319286808)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-28682-2
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08/2016
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Content
1. Setting the Stage.- 2. The Morphosyntactic Encoding of Subjects.- 3. Licensing Internal Arguments.- 4. Idioms and Lexical Insertion.- 5. From Roots to Words to Predicates.- 6. Changing Categories.- 7. Overall Conclusions.- Appendix: Remarks on the Palauan Data.- Name Index.- Palauan Predicate Index.- Subject Index.