LINGUIST List 17.2771

Tue Sep 26 2006

Books: Syntax: Gärtner, Law, Sabel (Eds)

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Directory         1.    Julia Ulrich, Clause Structure and Adjuncts in Austronesian Languages: Gärtner, Law, Sabel (Eds)
Message 1: Clause Structure and Adjuncts in Austronesian Languages: Gärtner, Law, Sabel (Eds)
Date: 18-Sep-2006
From: Julia Ulrich <julia.ulrichdegruyter.com>
Subject: Clause Structure and Adjuncts in Austronesian Languages: Gärtner, Law, Sabel (Eds)


Title: Clause Structure and Adjuncts in Austronesian Languages Series Title: Studies in Generative Grammar 87 Published: 2006 Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
                http://www.mouton-publishers.com

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.com/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-3110190052-1&l=E

Editor: Hans Martin Gärtner, Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung Editor: Paul Law Editor: Joachim Sabel, Catholic University of Louvain Hardback: ISBN: 3110190052 Pages: 332 Price: Europe EURO 78.00 Comment: for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 105.30
Paperback: ISBN: 3110190052 Pages: 332 Price: U.S. $ 105.30
Abstract:

Clause Structure and Adjuncts in Austronesian Languages is a collection ofpapers devoted to the syntactic analysis of modification and extractionstrategies in Austronesian languages such as Kavalan, Malagasy, Niuean,Seediq, and Tagalog. Written by some of the leading scholars in the field,it elucidates the categorial and phrase structural status as well as thescopal behavior of sentence-level adverbs, ordering constraints onadjectival modifiers, and the nature of unbounded dependencies ininteraction with Philippine-type voice systems. Guglielmo Cinque'suniversal ordering hypothesis for adverbs and current work on remnantmovement serve as theoretical points of reference.

More particularly the book contains an analysis of lower VP-adverbs inKavalan as serial verbs (Chang), a defense of two types of adverbial headsin Seediq (Holmer), an account of possible DP-internal serializations inNiuean in terms of remnant movement (Kahnemuyipour Massam), a plea forrelative, scope-based adverb ordering in Tagalog (Kaufman), a cleftingapproach to unbounded dependencies in Malagasy (Potsdam), a criticalassessment of constraints on remnant movement as applied to adverborderings in Malagasy (Thiersch), and an analysis of the Malagasy voicesystem on the basis of clitic left-dislocation (Travis). The editors'introduction undertakes a critical survey of the relevant empirical andtheoretical background.

A substantial part of the empirical facts are presented here for the firsttime, and the book will inspire additional systematic investigation of theoften neglected aspects of modificational strategies in Austronesian languages.

The book will be of value to linguists interested in contemporary syntacticanalysis and to everyone seeking a deeper understanding of the formalproperties of Austronesian.

Contents

PrefaceHans-Martin Gärtner, Paul Law, and Joachim Sabel

Clause Structure and Adjuncts in Austronesian Languages: A CriticalIntroductory SurveyHans-Martin Gärtner, Paul Law, and Joachim Sabel

The Guest Playing Host: Adverbial Modifiers as Matrix Verbs in KavalanHenry Yungli Chang

Seediq - Adverbial Heads in a Formosan LanguageArthur Holmer

Patterns of Phrasal Movement: The Niuean DPArsalan Kahnemuyipour and Diane Massam

Rigidity versus Relativity in Adverbial Syntax: Evidence from TagalogDaniel Kaufman

The Cleft Structure of Malagasy Wh-QuestionsEric Potsdam

Three Systems of Remnant Movement II and Extraction from Specifier PositionCraig Thiersch

Voice Morphology in Malagasy as Clitic Left Dislocation or Through theLooking Glass: Malagasy in WonderlandLisa deMena Travis

List of Contributors

Subject Index, Index of Adverbials, Adjectives, and Particles

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax
Subject Language(s): Kavalan (ckv)                             Niue (niu)                             Tagalog (tgl)                             Malagasy (plt) Language Family(ies): Austronesian
Written In: English (eng )

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