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- Offers fresh insights on the morphology and syntax of Palauan, based on new empirical data
- Contains the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of Palauan syntax available
- Based on the new data, the author offers arguments that challenge common analyses
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (SNLT, volume 92)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Keywords
- Differential object marking
- Direct objects in Palauan
- Morphology in Austronesian Languages
- Morphosyntax of subject agreement
- Paulauan language
- Psych-predicates and phrasal idioms
- Syntactic analysis of Palauan resultatives
- Syntactic encoding of clausal subjects
- Transivity and inner aspect (Aktionsart)
- austronesian languages
Authors and Affiliations
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Nuance Communications, Sunnyvale, USA
Justin Nuger
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Building Predicates
Book Subtitle: The View from Palauan
Authors: Justin Nuger
Series Title: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28682-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28680-8Published: 10 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80404-0Published: 09 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28682-2Published: 01 August 2016
Series ISSN: 0924-4670
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0358
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 330
Number of Illustrations: 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Syntax, Grammar, Austronesian Languages