Jensen Jarai Clauses and Noun Phrases

Syntactic Structures in an Austronesian Language
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-61451-680-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 645, 249 Seiten

Reihe: Pacific Linguistics [PL]ISSN

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jensen, Joshua

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface and acknowledgments;7
2;List of figures;12
3;List of tables;13
4;List of glossing conventions;14
5;1 Introduction to the Jarai language;15
5.1;1.1 Linguistic affiliation;16
5.2;1.2 Linguistic research on Jarai and Jarai texts;18
5.3;1.3 The literature and my research;20
5.4;1.4 Data: methodology and population;20
5.5;1.5 Jarai phonology and orthography;22
5.5.1;1.5.1 Inventory of phonemes;22
5.5.2;1.5.2 Orthography;26
5.5.3;1.5.3 Word-level stress;27
5.5.4;1.5.4 Data citation practices;28
5.6;1.6 Overview of Jarai morphology and syntax;28
5.6.1;1.6.1 Affixal morphology;28
5.6.2;1.6.2 Pronominal system;31
5.6.3;1.6.3 Syntax;31
5.7;1.7 Overview of following chapters;33
5.7.1;1.7.1 The noun phrase;33
5.7.2;1.7.2 The clause;34
5.8;1.8 Theoretical approach;35
6;2 Noun phrases;36
6.1;2.1 Some background assumptions;36
6.2;2.2 Demonstratives;37
6.3;2.3 Numerals, classifiers, and number marking;43
6.3.1;2.3.1 Overview of numerals and classifiers;44
6.3.2;2.3.2 Phrase structure;47
6.3.3;2.3.3 Jarai nouns and reference to kinds;54
6.4;2.4 Possessor DPs;58
6.5;2.5 Adjective phrases;64
6.6;2.6 Interim summary: the DP so far;68
6.7;2.7 Quantifiers and partitives;69
6.7.1;2.7.1 Cardinal quantifiers;70
6.7.2;2.7.2 Proportional quantifiers;75
6.8;2.8 DP wrap-up;80
7;3 Operator domain;82
7.1;3.1 Projections in the operator domain;82
7.1.1;3.1.1 Finite complement clauses;82
7.1.2;3.1.2 Non-finite complement clauses;91
7.1.3;3.1.3 Interrogative clauses;106
7.2;3.2 Focus movement;120
7.3;3.3 Pseudocleft wh-questions;129
7.3.1;3.3.1 In questions with po the remainder is a DP;132
7.3.2;3.3.2 Questions containing po are copular;139
7.3.3;3.3.3 The structure of pseudocleft questions;141
8;4 Inflectional domain;151
8.1;4.1 Inflectional elements;151
8.2;4.2 Ordering and phrase structural position;152
8.3;4.3 Excursus: (missing) tense and aspect;157
8.3.1;4.3.1 lajh ‘already’;157
8.3.2;4.3.2 hi?, telicity particle;162
8.4;4.4 Subject position;167
9;5 Theta domain;170
9.1;5.1 Splitting up the verb: V and v;170
9.2;5.2 Unaccusatives;179
9.3;5.3 Verb phrase–internal subjects;182
9.4;5.4 Another split: inner aspect;185
9.5;5.5 Asymmetries below the verb;188
9.5.1;5.5.1 Direct object–indirect object asymmetry;188
9.5.2;5.5.2 Goal–source asymmetry;193
9.6;5.6 Serial verb constructions;198
9.6.1;5.6.1 Definition and common properties;199
9.6.2;5.6.2 Theoretical approaches to SVCs;200
9.6.3;5.6.3 Serial verbs in Jarai;206
10;6 Conclusion;232
10.1;6.1 Overview;232
10.2;6.2 Prospects;233
11;A Phoneme inventories in previous work;235
12;A.1 Consonants;235
13;A.2 Vowels;236
14;References;237
15;Index;246

Über Autor(innen)

Joshua Jensen, EMU International, USA.