Information Structure in Indigenous Languages of the Americas : Syntactic Approaches.
Title:
Information Structure in Indigenous Languages of the Americas : Syntactic Approaches.
Author:
Camacho, José.
ISBN:
9783110228533
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (223 pages)
Series:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; v.225
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Language contact and pragmatic notions: Tariana in its multilingual context -- Communicative structure in Lushootseed syntax: Thematicity and focalization -- Null subjects in Shipibo switch-reference systems -- Cartography of expanded CP in Kuikuro (Southern Carib, Brazil) -- On word order and information structure in Yaqui -- On the nature of word order in Yucatec Maya -- The structure of CP in Karaja -- Agree and the licensing of wh-words and polarity sensitive items in Southern Quechua -- Backmatter.
Abstract:
The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. The series considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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