Object and Absolutive in Halkomelem Salish (RLE Linguistics F: World Linguistics)

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
Cover of the book Object and Absolutive in Halkomelem Salish (RLE Linguistics F: World Linguistics) by Donna B. Gerdts, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Donna B. Gerdts ISBN: 9781317918073
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: January 21, 2014
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Donna B. Gerdts
ISBN: 9781317918073
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: January 21, 2014
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book treats aspects of the syntax of Halkomelem, a Salish language spoken in southwestern British Columbia, specifically those constructions which involve objects, and seeks to accomplish two goals. First, it provides natural language fodder for the debate concerning the nature of grammatical relations and their place in syntactic theory. Second, by showing that Halkomelem draws from a familiar class of universal constructions and organizes its syntax around some simple and common parameters, the author has brought the Salish languages, which due to their phonological and morphological complexity seemed particularly fearsome, into cross-linguistic perspective.

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This book treats aspects of the syntax of Halkomelem, a Salish language spoken in southwestern British Columbia, specifically those constructions which involve objects, and seeks to accomplish two goals. First, it provides natural language fodder for the debate concerning the nature of grammatical relations and their place in syntactic theory. Second, by showing that Halkomelem draws from a familiar class of universal constructions and organizes its syntax around some simple and common parameters, the author has brought the Salish languages, which due to their phonological and morphological complexity seemed particularly fearsome, into cross-linguistic perspective.

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