Multiple Object Constructions in P'Orhépecha: Argument Realization and Valence-Affecting Morphology - Couverture rigide

Capistrán, Alejandra

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004288333 ISBN 13 : 9789004288331

Editeur : Brill, 2015

Synopsis

In Multiple Object Constructions in P'orhépecha, Capistrán offers a detailed description of double and triple object clauses in P'orhépecha, a Mesoamerican isolate with a case system lacking an accusative-dative distinction. Regarding argument realization, Capistrán discusses alternating constructions and a construction split triggered by the person hierarchy. Valence-affecting operations--applicative, causative/instrumental and part-whole lexical suffixes--are examined, highlighting the person features of applicative suffixes and the complex part-whole morphology. Capistrán's analysis demonstrates that in P'orhépecha most object coding properties show a neutral pattern, while all behavioral properties present asymmetries that shape a secundative pattern or PO/SO alignment. Capistrán argues that the strong tendency in P'orhépecha to determine PO selection according to a thematic ranking helps explain the (un)grammaticality of tritransitive constructions.

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À propos de l?auteur

Alejandra Capistrán Garza, Ph.D. (2010), El Colegio de México, is Professor of Linguistics at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa. Her publications on P'orhépecha cover topics on constituent order, applicatives, causatives, lexical categories, and locative descriptions (Locative and Orientation Descriptions in Tarascan, 2011).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004288333
• ISBN 13: 9789004288331
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 358
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