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Title

Multiple object constructions in P'orhepecha : argument realization and valence-affecting morphology / by Alejandra Capistrán Garza.

Author

Capistrán-Garza, Alejandra

Publication

Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

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Description

xvii, 340 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

In Multiple Object Constructions in P'orhépecha , Capistrán offers a detailed description of double and triple object clauses in P'orhépecha, a Mesoamerican isolate with a case system lacking an accusative-dative distinction. Regarding argument realization, Capistrán discusses alternating constructions and a construction split triggered by the person hierarchy. Valence-affecting operations--applicative, causative/instrumental and part-whole lexical suffixes--are examined, highlighting the person features of applicative suffixes and the complex part-whole morphology. Capistrán's analysis demonstrates that in P'orhépecha most object coding properties show a neutral pattern, while all behavioral properties present asymmetries that shape a secundative pattern or PO/SO alignment. Capistrán argues that the strong tendency in P'orhépecha to determine PO selection according to a thematic ranking helps explain the (un)grammaticality of tritransitive constructions.

Series Statement

Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, 1876-5580 ; volume 9

Uniform Title

Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas v. 9.

Subject

• Purépecha language > Morphology
• Purépecha language > Grammar
• Purépecha language > Direct object
• Purépecha language > Clauses
• Purépecha language > Lexicology
• Functional discourse grammar

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preliminary Material / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- 1 Introduction / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- 2 Subject and Object in Monotransitive Constructions / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- 3 Three-argument Constructions with Non-derived Verbs / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- 4 Applicative Constructions / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- 5 Constructions with Causative/Instrumental Suffixes / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- 6 Predicates with Spatial Suffixes: Part-whole Relations and External Possession Constructions / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- 7 Constructions with Predicates Involving More than Three Arguments / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- 8 Conclusions / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- Bibliography / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- Language Index / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- Author Index / Alejandra Capistrán Garza -- Subject Index / Alejandra Capistrán Garza.

ISBN

• 9789004288331
• 9004288333
• 9789004288874 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• ^^2014045864
• 40025046248

OCLC

897001583

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library