Polynesian syntax and its interfaces /

"This volume presents research in theoretical syntax and its interfaces with semantics and prosody within the Polynesian language family, with chapters focusing on Hawaiian, Māori, Niuean, Samoan, and Tongan. It includes in-depth analyses of issues within particular languages, as well as chapte...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Clemens, Lauren (Editor), Massam, Diane (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:	Polynesian languages > Syntax. Polynesian languages > Semantics. Langues polynésiennes > Syntaxe. Langues polynésiennes > Sémantique. Linguistics. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES. Historical & Comparative. Phonetics & Phonology. Polynesian languages > Syntax Electronic books. Essays.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Polynesian languages and their contributions to theoretical linguistics / Lauren Clemens, Diane Massam
Gradability and modality: a case study from Samoan / Vera Hohaus
Mapping meaning to argument structure: the case of Samoan case / James N. Collins
Deriving VOS from VSO in Tongan / Maria Polinsky, Eric Potsdam
Syntactic ergativity as absolutive movement in Tongic Polynesian / Lauren Clemens, Rebecca Tollan
Causative morphology as voice-driven allomorphy: the case of Samoan fa'a-causatives / Jens Hopperdietzel
Reaffirming Māori negatives as verbs / Sandra Chung
Hawaiian ai at the syntax-phonology interface / David J. Medeiros
Apparent raising in Tongan and its implications for multiple case valuation / Yuko Otsuka
Preverbal subjects and preverbal particles: components of the left periphery in Māori / Elizabeth Pearce
Predicate-EPP in Niuean, Tongan, and beyond / Julianne Doner
The lingering DP in Niuean / Diane Massam.