Choctaw Verb Agreement and Universal Grammar [electronic resource] / by William D. Davies.

Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9789400945302
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/8447
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 1986.
Yayın Bilgisi
Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1986.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XII, 202 p. online resource.
Dizi
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 2215-0358 ; 2
İçindekiler Notu
1: Introduction -- 1. Choctaw verb agreement -- 2. Other problems in Choctaw -- 3. Results of the study -- 2: Two Classes of Intransitive Predicates -- 1. Properties of Choctaw subjects -- 2. The two classes of intransitives and the Unaccusative Hypothesis -- 3. Final 1hood of unaccusative subjects -- 4. The role of the Unaccusative Hypothesis -- 5. Summary -- 3: Dative Beneficiaries and Dative Possessors -- 1. Dative beneficiaries -- 2. Dative possessors -- 3. Summary -- 4: The Double Accusative Construction -- 1. The structure of the subject -- 2. The Antipassive structure -- 3. The configuration of the initial 2 -- 4. Possessor Ascension and the Antipassive structure -- 5. Conclusions -- 5: Dative Subjects -- 1. Characterization of the dative subject -- 2. Characterizing the object -- 3. The failure of an alternative analysis -- 4. Conclusion -- 6: Dative Direct Objects -- 1. The dative direct object -- 2. Accusative subject/dative direct object clauses -- 3. Inversion and 2–3 Retreat -- 4. Demotions in Universal Grammar -- 7: A Proposal for Verb Agreement -- 1. An account of Choctaw verb agreement -- 2. Disjunctive application of agreement rules -- 3. Summary -- Appendix: Switch-reference and disjunctive rule application -- 8: The Interaction of Agreement and Case -- 1. Transparency of agreement and case -- 2. Agreement as a lexical property -- 3. A proposal for agreement and case -- 4. Conclusion -- References.
Konu
Grammar, Comparative and general __ Syntax.
Indians __ Languages.
Syntax.
Ameri-Indian Languages.