Problems of Polysynthesis

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Problems of Polysynthesis

Edited by: Nicholas Evans and Hans-Jürgen Sasse

Language: German

Published/Copyright: 2002

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Volume 4 | Studia Typologica [STTYP]

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The papers deal with a range of questions raised for linguistic theory and description by polysynthetic languages. Prototypical polysynthetic lamguages, found among unrelated language families in such varied parts of the world as North America, Meso-America, Siberia, northern Australia, and Papua New Guinea, display remarkably similar suites of grammatical characteristics. But, nearly two centuries after Humboldt and Kleinschmidt began to make the existence and interest of polysythetic languages widely known among linguistics, languages of this type continue to pose a challange to every major linguistic theory.

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Introduction: problems of polysynthesis Nicholas Evans and Hans-Jürgen Sasse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
The true status of grammatical object affixes: evidence from Bininj Gun-wok Nicholas Evans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
How referential is agreement? The interpretation of polysynthetic dis-agreement morphology in Ngalakgan Brett J. Baker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	51
Syntax and morphology of polysynthesis in the Georgian verb Winfried Boeder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	87
Compound nouns vs. incorporation in Classical Nahuatl Michel Launey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
Dependent-head synthesis in Nivkh - with an outlook on polysynthesis in the Johanna Mattissen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	135
Clause combining in Apache Dagmar Jung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	167
Infinitives in Polysynthesis: the case of Rembarrnga Rachel Nordlinger and Adam Saul Wick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	185
Lexicological and lexicographic problems of word families in Cayuga Hans-Jürgen Sasse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
Ket as a polysynthetic language, with special reference to complex verbs Werner Drossard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
The rise and fall of polysynthesis in the Eskimo-Aleut family Michael Fortescue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	257
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	279

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