Topics in Oceanic Morphosyntax

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2011

Topics in Oceanic Morphosyntax

Edited by: Claire Moyse-Faurie and Joachim Sabel

Volume 239 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110259919

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About this book

This monograph is a collection of selected papers on Oceanic languages. For the first time, aspects of the morphology and syntax of Oceanic languages such as the encoding of sentence types, the structure of the noun phrase, noun incorporation, constituent order, and ergative vs. accusative alignment are discussed from a comparative point of view, thus drawing attention to genetic, areal and language-specific features. The individual papers are based on the field work of the authors on lesser-described and endangered languages and are basically descriptive studies. At the same time they also explore the theoretical implications of the data presented and analyzed, as well as the historical development of certain morpho-syntactic phenomena, without basing these explorations on a single theoretical framework.

The book provides new insights into the morphosyntactic structures of Oceanic languages and is of interest primarily for linguists working on Austronesian, in particular Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian languages, but also for typologists and linguists working on language change.

Author / Editor information

Claire Moyse-Faurie, LACITO-CNRS, Villejuif, France; Joachim Sabel, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Reviews

"This volume is of interest to any linguist working on Oceanic languages, general typology, and various aspects of sentential and nominal morphosyntax. It is a significant contribution to the field, mainly because of the rich original data, innovative methodologies and useful comparative overviews the different articles provide."
Kilu von Prince in: Linguist List 23.2290

Topics

Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
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Introduction Claire Moyse-Faurie and Joachim Sabel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part one: Sentential syntax and sentence types
Deriving linear order in OV/VO languages: evidence from Oceanic languages Joachim Sabel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Questions and answers in Niuean Diane Massam, Donna Starks and Ofania Ikiua Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Questions and word order in Polynesian Eric Potsdam and Maria Polinsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Nominalization and exclamation in Oceanic languages Claire Moyse-Faurie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Part two: Nominal morphosyntax
Two or three things in the Unua noun phrase Elizabeth Pearce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Noun incorporation in Saliba Anna Margetts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Noun-phrase conjunction in Austronesian languages: additive, inclusory and comitative strategies Isabelle Bril Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Part three: Historical developments
Neither accusative nor ergative: an alternative analysis of case in Eastern Polynesian Yuko Otsuka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Grammaticalization of Tahitian mea ‘thing, matter’ into a stative aspect Jacques Vernaudon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Language index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: General Linguists (Syntacticians, Typologists), Austronesianists, Oceanists
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 344
Keywords: Syntax; Typology; Oceanic/Austronesian Languages

eBook

Published: October 27, 2011
ISBN: 9783110259919

Hardcover

Published: October 17, 2011
ISBN: 9783110259896