| Multiple Object Constructions in P'Orhépecha: Argument Realization and Valence-Affecting Morphology Contributor(s): Capistrán, Alejandra (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004288333 ISBN-13: 9789004288331 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Foreign Language Study | Native American Languages - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 497.96 |
| LCCN: 2014045864 |
| Series: Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 358 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Multiple Object Constructions in P'orh pecha, Capistr n offers a detailed description of double and triple object clauses in P'orh pecha, a Mesoamerican isolate with a case system lacking an accusative-dative distinction. Regarding argument realization, Capistr n 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. Capistr n's analysis demonstrates that in P'orh pecha most object coding properties show a neutral pattern, while all behavioral properties present asymmetries that shape a secundative pattern or PO/SO alignment. Capistr n argues that the strong tendency in P'orh pecha to determine PO selection according to a thematic ranking helps explain the (un)grammaticality of tritransitive constructions. |