The Linearization of Affixes: Evidence from Nuu-chah-nulth [electronic resource] /
Wojdak, Rachel.author.
The linearization of syntactic constructs stands at the forefront of current research on the syntax-phonology interface. This book examines the problem of linearization from a new perspective: that of the linearization of affixes. The driving proposal of this book is that affixation provides a means of satisfying the universal requirement that linguistic outputs be linearized. This hypothesis is tested against extensive original data from Nuu-chah-nulth ("Nootka"; Wakashan family), an endangered Amerindian language remarkable for its complex morphology. This volume introduces typologically rare affixation effects to current theoretical debates surrounding the division of labour between the modules of the grammar.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PF Incorporation -- Clausal Architecture of Nuu-chah-nulth -- Nominal Complements of Affixal Predicates -- Verbal Complements of Affixal Predicates -- Implications.
The linearization of syntactic constructs stands at the forefront of current research on the syntax-phonology interface. This book examines the problem of linearization from a new perspective: that of the linearization of affixes. The driving proposal of this book is that affixation provides a means of satisfying the universal requirement that linguistic outputs be linearized. This hypothesis is tested against extensive original data from Nuu-chah-nulth ("Nootka"; Wakashan family), an endangered Amerindian language remarkable for its complex morphology. This volume introduces typologically rare affixation effects to current theoretical debates surrounding the division of labour between the modules of the grammar.
Linguistics.
Syntax.
Indian languages.
Theoretical Linguistics.
Syntax.
Linguistics, general.
Ameri-Indian Languages.


Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory