Case Marking and Grammatical Relations in Polynesian

Sandra Chung

Published by University of Texas Press 1978

Case Marking and Grammatical Relations in Polynesian

Sandra Chung

https://doi.org/10.7560/710511

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Case Marking and Grammatical Relations in Polynesian makes an outstanding contribution to both Polynesian and historical linguistics. It is at once a reference work describing Polynesian syntax, an investigation of the role of grammatical relations in syntax, and a discussion of ergativity, case marking, and other areas of syntactic diversity in Polynesian. In its treatment of the history of case marking in Polynesian, it attempts to specify what counts as evidence in syntactic reconstruction and how syntactic reanalysis progresses. It therefore represents a first step toward a general theory of syntactic change.

Chung first describes the basic syntax of the Polynesian languages, discussing Maori, Tongan, Samoan, Kapingamarangi, and Pukapukan in depth. She then presents an investigation of the grammatical relations of these languages and their relevance to syntax and shows that the syntax of all these languages—even those with ergative case marking—revolves around the familiar grammatical relations subject and direct object. Finally the book traces the historical development of the different case systems from their origins in Proto-Polynesian.

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Sandra Chung is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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[This book] is important because of the fact that it comprises one of the most detailed accounts of the functioning principles of grammar from the point of view of the grammatical relations 'subject' and 'object'. . . . an extremely valuable body of empirical data and theoretical argumentation.

— Kenneth Hale

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations & Symbols Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
O. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. An Overview of Surface Syntax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
2. The Morphology of Case & Voice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
3. Case Marking & Grammatical Relations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
4. Case Assignment in the Ergative Languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
5. Previous Approaches to the History of the Case System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
6. The Passive-to- Ergative Reanalysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
7. Reanalysis & Pukapukan Syntax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Appendix A. Orthography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Copyright year: 1978
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 416

eBook

Published: July 29, 2014
ISBN: 9780292768550