Choctaw Verb Agreement and Universal Grammar
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1986, 1986
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1986 |
| Series: | Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1: Introduction
- 1. Choctaw verb agreement
- 2. Other problems in Choctaw
- 3. Results of the study
- 2: Two Classes of Intransitive Predicates
- 1. Properties of Choctaw subjects
- 2. The two classes of intransitives and the Unaccusative Hypothesis
- 3. Final 1hood of unaccusative subjects
- 4. The role of the Unaccusative Hypothesis
- 5. Summary
- 3: Dative Beneficiaries and Dative Possessors
- 1. Dative beneficiaries
- 2. Dative possessors
- 3. Summary
- 4: The Double Accusative Construction
- 1. The structure of the subject
- 2. The Antipassive structure
- 3. The configuration of the initial 2
- 4. Possessor Ascension and the Antipassive structure
- 5. Conclusions
- 5: Dative Subjects
- 1. Characterization of the dative subject
- 2. Characterizing the object
- 3. The failure of an alternative analysis
- 4. Conclusion
- 6: Dative Direct Objects
- 1. The dative direct object
- 2. Accusative subject/dative direct object clauses
- 3. Inversion and 2–3 Retreat
- 4. Demotions in Universal Grammar
- 7: A Proposal for Verb Agreement
- 1. An account of Choctaw verb agreement
- 2. Disjunctive application of agreement rules
- 3. Summary
- Appendix: Switch-reference and disjunctive rule application
- 8: The Interaction of Agreement and Case
- 1. Transparency of agreement and case
- 2. Agreement as a lexical property
- 3. A proposal for agreement and case
- 4. Conclusion
- References