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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787096803321

Autore

Jensen Joshua

Titolo

Jarai clauses and noun phrases : syntactic structures in an Austronesian language / / Joshua Jensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston ; ; Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-5015-1006-1

1-61451-680-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Pacific linguistics, , 1448-8310 ; ; volume 645

Classificazione

EF 41510

Disciplina

495.9

Soggetti

Jarai language - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised version of author's 2013 Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas at Arlington.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of glossing conventions -- 1. Introduction to the Jarai language -- 2. Noun phrases -- 3. Operator domain -- 4. Inflectional domain -- 5. Theta domain -- 6. Conclusion -- A. Phoneme inventories in previous work -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first published treatment of the syntax of Jarai, an Austronesian language of Southeast Asia, this volume focuses on the noun phrase and three regions of the clause: the left periphery, inflectional elements, and the verbal domain. Close attention is given to pseudo-cleft questions and serial verb constructions. Phenomena are carefully described, then analyzed within the Minimalist framework.