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.  

List 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. 

Summary

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

• Authors: Justin Nuger
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319286808
• ISBN: 978-3-31-928680-8
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 242 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 631 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 330 p. 49 illus. in color.
• Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory; Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Syntax, B, Sprache, allgemein und Nachschlagewerke, Grammar, Ost- und Südostasiatische Sprachen, Social Sciences, Language: reference & general, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Asian Languages, East and Southeast Asian languages, Oceanic & Austronesian languages, Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar, Austronesian Languages