Case Marking And Grammatical Relations In Polynesian
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Case Marking And Grammatical Relations In Polynesian
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Author : Sandra Chung
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2014-10-23
Case Marking And Grammatical Relations In Polynesian written by Sandra Chung and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-23 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Case Marking and Grammatical Relations in Polynesian makes an outstanding contribution to both Polynesian and historical linguistics. It is at once a reference work describing Polynesian syntax, an investigation of the role of grammatical relations in syntax, and a discussion of ergativity, case marking, and other areas of syntactic diversity in Polynesian. In its treatment of the history of case marking in Polynesian, it attempts to specify what counts as evidence in syntactic reconstruction and how syntactic reanalysis progresses. It therefore represents a first step toward a general theory of syntactic change. Chung first describes the basic syntax of the Polynesian languages, discussing Maori, Tongan, Samoan, Kapingamarangi, and Pukapukan in depth. She then presents an investigation of the grammatical relations of these languages and their relevance to syntax and shows that the syntax of all these languages—even those with ergative case marking—revolves around the familiar grammatical relations subject and direct object. Finally the book traces the historical development of the different case systems from their origins in Proto-Polynesian.
A Cognitive Analysis Of Grammatical Relations Case And Transitivity In Samoan
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Author : Kenneth William Cook
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
A Cognitive Analysis Of Grammatical Relations Case And Transitivity In Samoan written by Kenneth William Cook and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Cognitive grammar categories.
Samoan Reference Grammar
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Author : Ulrike Mosel
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1992
Samoan Reference Grammar written by Ulrike Mosel and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Samoan Reference Grammar is the first extensive grammar of Samoan, by number of speakers the largest Polynesian language. The grammar is divided into eighteen chapters which cover phonetics, phonology, and orthography, word classification and morphology, the syntax of various types of phrases, simple clause structure, nominalization, dependent clauses, coordination, and finally, case marking and grammatical relations. The descriptive framework is not tied to a particular linguistic theory, but is based on the empirical findings of linguistic typology during the last two decades. The grammar is descriptive in the sense that it takes the Samoan ways of expression as the starting point of analysis and describes the meanings which are encoded by the various types of construction.
Voice And Grammatical Relations
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Author : Masayoshi Shibatani
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Voice And Grammatical Relations written by Masayoshi Shibatani and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume presents thirteen original papers dealing with various aspects of two related areas of research of major concern to linguists of all theoretical persuasions: voice and grammatical relations. The papers are written from typological, functional, and cognitive perspectives, and contain of a number of general studies as well as studies focusing on specific issues, and offer a wealth of data from a broad range of languages. The volume provides up-to-date discussions of an array of issues of theoretical concern, including the nature of grammatical relations, voice in agent/patient systems, the expression vs non-expression of participant roles, and personal vs impersonal passives. The papers in the volume demonstrate that investigations into the nature of voice and grammatical relations can still yield fresh theoretical and typological insights.
Polynesian Syntax And Its Interfaces
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Author : Lauren Clemens
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-12
Polynesian Syntax And Its Interfaces written by Lauren Clemens and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume brings together current research in theoretical syntax and its interfaces in the Polynesian language family. Chapters offer in-depth analyses of a range of theoretical issues of particular interest for comparative syntactic research, such as ergativity and case systems, negation, and the left periphery.
Grammatical Relations In Change
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Author : Jan Terje Faarlund
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2001-07-13
Grammatical Relations In Change written by Jan Terje Faarlund and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The eleven selected contributions making up this volume deal with grammatical relations, their coding and behavioral properties, and the change that these properties have undergone in different languages. The focus of this collection is on the changing properties of subjects and objects, although the scope of the volume goes beyond the central problems pertaining to case marking and word order. The diachrony of syntactic and morphosyntactic phenomena are approached from different theoretical perspectives, generative grammar, valency grammar, and functionalism. The languages dealt with include Old English, Mainland Scandinavian, Icelandic, German and other Germanic languages, Latin, French and other Romance languages, Northeast Caucasian, Eskimo, and Popolocan. This book provides an opportunity to compare different theoretical approaches to similar phenomena in different languages and language families.
A Grammar Of Rapa Nui
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Author : Paulus Kieviet
language : en
Publisher: Language Science Press
Release Date :
A Grammar Of Rapa Nui written by Paulus Kieviet and has been published by Language Science Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island. After an introductory chapter, the grammar deals with phonology, word classes, the noun phrase, possession, the verb phrase, verbal and nonverbal clauses, mood and negation, and clause combinations. The phonology of Rapa Nui reveals certain issues of typological interest, such as the existence of strict conditions on the phonological shape of words, word-final devoicing, and reduplication patterns motivated by metrical constraints. For Polynesian languages, the distinction between nouns and verbs in the lexicon has often been denied; in this grammar it is argued that this distinction is needed for Rapa Nui. Rapa Nui has sometimes been characterised as an ergative language; this grammar shows that it is unambiguously accusative. Subject and object marking depend on an interplay of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic factors. Other distinctive features of the language include the existence of a ‘neutral’ aspect marker, a serial verb construction, the emergence of copula verbs, a possessive-relative construction, and a tendency to maximise the use of the nominal domain. Rapa Nui’s relationship to the other Polynesian languages is a recurring theme in this grammar; the relationship to Tahitian (which has profoundly influenced Rapa Nui) especially deserves attention. The grammar is supplemented with a number of interlinear texts, two maps and a subject index.
Aspects Of Case Marking And Transitivity In Polynesian
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Author : Katsuhiro J. Ota
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Aspects Of Case Marking And Transitivity In Polynesian written by Katsuhiro J. Ota and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Polynesian languages categories.
"The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the case-marking systems of modern Polynesian languages and to determine as far as possible the nature of the changes between Proto-Polynesian and its daughter languages. First, the arguments as to the nature of the case-marking system of Proto-Polynesian will be considered. Hale (1968), Hohepa (1969), and Chung (1978), for example, claim that Proto-Polynesian had an accusative case-marking system. Clark (1976), on the other hand, has argued that the Proto-Polynesian system was ergative. I will support Clark's (1976) analysis and will argue that Proto-Polynesian had an ergative system, and that the accusative systems found in modem daughter languages are later innovations. Second, the modem case-marking systems of Polynesian will be examined in some detail. Our goal is to use our hypotheses concerning the case-marking system of Proto-Polynesian to develop deeper insights into the nature of case-marking and of the morphological changes that took place in modem Polynesian languages in the course of their development. Third, the function of the so-called -Cia/-Ci suffixes in the modem languages will be considered in some detail, and a reconstruction of their function in Proto-Polynesian will be posited. I will claim that the function of the Proto-Polynesian counterparts of the passivizing -Cia/-Ci suffixes found in Eastern Polynesian languages was to indicate an increased degree of transitivity. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the Polynesian languages in terms of their geographical area and genetic relation. Chapter 2 presents an overview of two types of case-marking systems in detail, and then it considers the likely nature of the changes in case-marking between Proto-Polynesian and the modem Polynesian languages and historical direction of the changes in terms of case-marking system. Chapter 3 presents an analysis of the case-marking systems used in modem Polynesian languages. Chapter 4 investigates the function of the -Cia and -Ci suffixes. Chapter 5 summarizes the main points of the dissertation and suggests some future research topics."--Leaves vii-viii.
Polynesian Syntax And Its Interfaces
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Author : Lauren Clemens
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-08-10
Polynesian Syntax And Its Interfaces written by Lauren Clemens and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-10 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume brings together current research in theoretical syntax and its interfaces in the Polynesian language family, with chapters focusing on Hawaiian, Māori, Niuean, Samoan, and Tongan. Languages in this family present multiple characteristics of particular interest for comparative syntactic research, and in recent years, data from Polynesian languages has also contributed to advances in the fields of prosody and semantics, as well as to the study of parametric variation. The chapters in this volume offer in-depth analyses of a range of theoretical issues at the syntax-semantics and syntax-prosody interfaces, both within individual languages and from a comparative Polynesian perspective. They examine key topics including: word order variation, ergativity and case systems, causativization, negation, raising, modality and superlatives, and the left periphery of both the sentential and nominal domains. The findings not only shed light on the theoretical typology of Polynesian languages, but also have implications for linguistic theory as a whole.
Art S Agency And Art History
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Author : Robin Osborne
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15
Art S Agency And Art History written by Robin Osborne and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Art categories.
Art's Agency and Art History re-articulates the relationship of the anthropology of art to key methodological and theoretical approaches in art history, sociology, and linguistics. Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art Includes nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists Covers a wide range of periods, including Bronze-Age China, Classical Greece, Rome, and Mayan, as well as the modern Western world Features an introductory essay by leading experts, which helps clarify issues in the field Includes numerous illustrations