Clause Structure and Adjuncts in Austronesian Languages

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2006

Clause Structure and Adjuncts in Austronesian Languages

Edited by: Hans-Martin Gärtner , Paul Law and Joachim Sabel

Volume 87 in the series Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110922974

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Clause Structure and Adjuncts in Austronesian Languages is a collection of papers devoted to the syntactic analysis of modification and extraction strategies in Austronesian languages such as Kavalan, Malagasy, Niuean, Seediq, and Tagalog. Written by some of the leading scholars in the field, it elucidates the categorial and phrase structural status as well as the scopal behavior of sentence-level adverbs, ordering constraints on adjectival modifiers, and the nature of unbounded dependencies in interaction with Philippine-type voice systems. Guglielmo Cinque's universal ordering hypothesis for adverbs and current work on remnant movement serve as theoretical points of reference.

More particularly the book contains an analysis of lower VP-adverbs in Kavalan as serial verbs (Chang), a defense of two types of adverbial heads in Seediq (Holmer), an account of possible DP-internal serializations in Niuean in terms of remnant movement (Kahnemuyipour Massam), a plea for relative, scope-based adverb ordering in Tagalog (Kaufman), a clefting approach to unbounded dependencies in Malagasy (Potsdam), a critical assessment of constraints on remnant movement as applied to adverb orderings in Malagasy (Thiersch), and an analysis of the Malagasy voice system on the basis of clitic left-dislocation (Travis). The editors' introduction undertakes a critical survey of the relevant empirical and theoretical background.

A substantial part of the empirical facts are presented here for the first time, and the book will inspire additional systematic investigation of the often neglected aspects of modificational strategies in Austronesian languages.

The book will be of value to linguists interested in contemporary syntactic analysis and to everyone seeking a deeper understanding of the formal properties of Austronesian.

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Hans Martin Gärtner, ZAS, Berlin, Germany; Paul Law, ZAS, Berlin, Germany; Joachim Sabel, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.

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Preface Hans-Martin Gärtner, Paul Law and Joachim Sabel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Clause Structure and Adjuncts in Austronesian Languages: A Critical Introductory Survey Hans-Martin Gärtner, Paul Law and Joachim Sabel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Guest Playing Host: Adverbial Modifiers as Matrix Verbs in Kavalan Henry Yungli Chang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Seediq – Adverbial Heads in a Formosan Language Arthur Holmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Patterns of Phrasal Movement: The Niuean DP Arsalan Kahnemuyipour and Diane Massam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Rigidity versus Relativity in Adverbial Syntax: Evidence from Tagalog Daniel Kaufman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
The Cleft Structure of Malagasy Wh-Questions Eric Potsdam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Three Systems of Remnant Movement II and Extraction from Specifier Position Craig Thiersch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Voice Morphology in Malagasy as Clitic Left Dislocation or Through the Looking Glass: Malagasy in Wonderland Lisa deMena Travis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
List of contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Index of Adverbials, Adjectives, and Particles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researcher Libraries, Researchers and Students of (Generative) Syntax, Typology, and Austronesian Languages.
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 332
Keywords: Syntax; Austronesian languages; adjuncts; language typology

eBook

Published: December 22, 2011
ISBN: 9783110922974

Hardcover

Published: April 21, 2006
ISBN: 9783110190052