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.