Jarai clauses and noun phrases : syntactic structures in an Austronesian language /

Jensen, Joshua,

Jarai clauses and noun phrases : syntactic structures in an Austronesian language / Joshua Jensen. - 1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations. - Pacific linguistics, volume 645 1448-8310 ; . - Pacific linguistics ; volume 645. .

Revised version of author's 2013 Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas at Arlington.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-231) and index.

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.

9781614516804


Jarai language--Syntax.


Electronic books.

PL4498.J3 / J46 2014

495.9