Building predicates : the view from Palauan /: the view from Palauan. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Justin Nuger.
• Authors: Nuger, Justin
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Setting the Stage; 1.1 The Broader Context; 1.1.1 Core Theoretical Assumptions; 1.1.2 Theoretical Frameworks; 1.1.3 Empirical Breadth; 1.2 A Glimpse into the Palauan Language; 1.2.1 The Language Situation; 1.2.2 Grammatical Sketch; 1.3 Summary of Key Results; References; 2 The Morphosyntactic Encoding of Subjects; 2.1 Subject Agreement; 2.2 The Syntax of Subjects; 2.2.1 Expletive Insertion (or Default Agreement); 2.2.2 Possessor Ascension; 2.2.3 Raising-to-Subject Constructions; 2.3 Analysis of Subjects; References; 3 Licensing Internal Arguments. 5.3 A Diagnostic for Unaccusative me- Verbs5.3.1 Palauan di ngii-Predication; 5.3.2 Distinguishing Unaccusatives from Passives; 5.3.3 Testing a Prediction; 5.4 Notes on me- Adjectives; 5.5 Analysis; 5.6 Predictions and Implications; References; 6 Changing Categories; 6.1 The Internal Verbal Structure of Resultatives; 6.1.1 Internalized External Arguments; 6.1.2 The Complex Event Structure of Resultatives; 6.2 Resultatives as Resulting State Predicates; 6.2.1 Aspectual Auxiliary Selection; 6.2.2 Resultatives Have Stative Past Tense Morphology; 6.2.3 Truth Conditions of Resultatives. 6.3 Argument Structure of Resultatives6.4 Consequences of the Analysis; 6.5 Category-(re)defining Heads; References; 7 Overall Conclusions; References; Appendix Remarks on the Palauan Data; Index of Names; Palauan Predicate Index; Subject Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (338 pages)
• Subjects: 499/.52; Palauan language -- Syntax; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative; Linguistics; Syntax; Grammar; Austronesian Languages; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319286822; 3319286803; 9783319286808
• Related ISBNs: 331928682X; 9783319286808
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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