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Building Predicates: The View from Palauan
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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Building Predicates: The View from Palauan
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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Building Predicates: The View from Palauan

Building Predicates: The View from Palauan

by Justin Nuger
Building Predicates: The View from Palauan

Building Predicates: The View from Palauan

by Justin Nuger

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783319804040
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication date: 06/12/2018
Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory , #92
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Pages: 330
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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.
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