"The Polysynthesis Parameter" by Mark C. Baker
Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax
OxfUni Press | 1996 | ISBN: 0195093070 0195093089 9780195093087 9780195093070 | pages | PDF | 40 MB
This book investigates in detail the grammar of polysynthetic languages - those with very complex verbal morphology. Baker draws on examples from Mohawk and certain languages of the American Southwest, Mesoamerica, Australia, and Siberia.
Baker argues that polysynthesis is more than an accidental collection of morphological processes; rather, it is a systematic way of representing predicate-argument relationships that is parallel to but distinct from the system used in languages like English.
Having repercussions for many areas of syntax and related aspects of morphology and semantics, this argument results in a comprehensive picture of the grammar of polysynthetic languages.
Contents Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Of parameters and polysythesis
1. NONCONFIGU RATIONALITY
2. The position of NPs
3. The licensing of NPs
4. Discontinuous constituents
II. WORD STRUCTURE AND PHRASE STRUCTURE
5. Agreement and clause structure
6. Agreement and the structure of NP
7. Noun incorporation
8. Complex predicates
III. NONNOMINAL CATEGORIES
9. Adpositional phrases
10. Embedded clauses
11. Conclusion: On the nature of parameterization
Abbreviations
Orthography and pronunciation
Sources and methods
References
Index
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