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Building Predicates

The View from Palauan

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Authors:
  1. Justin Nuger

    1. Nuance Communications, Sunnyvale, USA

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  • Offers fresh insights on the morphology and syntax of Palauan, based on new empirical data
  • Contains the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of Palauan syntax available
  • Based on the new data, the author offers arguments that challenge common analyses
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (SNLT, volume 92)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Setting the Stage

    • Justin Nuger
    Pages 1-49

  3. The Morphosyntactic Encoding of Subjects

    • Justin Nuger
    Pages 51-101

  4. Licensing Internal Arguments

    • Justin Nuger
    Pages 103-155

  5. Idioms and Lexical Insertion

    • Justin Nuger
    Pages 157-224

  6. From Roots to Words to Predicates

    • Justin Nuger
    Pages 225-267

  7. Changing Categories

    • Justin Nuger
    Pages 269-300

  8. Overall Conclusions

    • Justin Nuger
    Pages 301-305

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 307-330
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About this book

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the syntax of Palauan that will appeal to anyone interested in Austronesian languages or formal syntactic and morphological theory. This volume proposes that words in Palauan are not drawn directly from a mental lexicon, but are instead composed at least partially in the syntax.  Using original data from syntactic constructions not previously explored in the language, the author entertains several competing theories of word formation and highlights the compatible and incompatible aspects of each, through an exploration into new corners of Palauan syntax and morphology.  

Authors and Affiliations

  • Nuance Communications, Sunnyvale, USA

    Justin Nuger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Building Predicates

  • Book Subtitle: The View from Palauan

  • Authors: Justin Nuger

  • Series Title: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28682-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28680-8Published: 10 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80404-0Published: 09 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28682-2Published: 01 August 2016

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4670

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0358

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 330

  • Number of Illustrations: 49 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Syntax, Grammar, Austronesian Languages

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