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Archi : : complexities of agreement in cross-theoretical perspective /\ edited by Oliver Bond, Greville G. Corbett, Marina Chumakina, and Dunstan Brown
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First Edition
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First Edition
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Oxford studies of endangered languages
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1 online resource (xxii, 280 pages)
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9780191064456
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: 0191064459
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: 9780191809705
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: 0191809705
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9780198747291
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Cover; Archi: Complexities of Agreement in Cross-Theoretical Perspective; Copyright; Contents; General Preface; Preface; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Rationale; 1.1.1 A method for comparing syntactic theories; 1.1.2 Archi as an extreme agreement system; 1.1.3 Agreement as a sandbox for comparing syntactic theories; The domain problem; The lexical problem; The syntax-morphology interface problem; The conditions on agreement problem; The syntax-semantics interface problem; 1.2 An introduction to representational devices in syntactic theory
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1.2.1 Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar1.2.2 Lexical Functional Grammar; 1.2.3 Minimalism; 1.3 Agreement terminology; 1.4 Structure of the book; 2: Essentials of Archi grammar; 2.1 Language background; 2.2 Phonology; 2.2.1 The vowel inventory; 2.2.2 The consonant inventory; 2.3 Feature specification and exponence; 2.3.1 Agreement features; 2.3.2 Exponents of agreement; 2.3.2.1 Prefixes; 2.3.2.2 Infixes; 2.3.2.3 Suffixes; 2.4 The morphology and syntax of arguments; 2.4.1 Grammatical cases; 2.4.2 Spatial cases; 2.4.3 Syntactic properties of arguments; 2.4.3.1 Constituent order
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2.4.3.2 Syntactically privileged arguments2.5 The paradigmatic structure of verbs; 2.5.1 Finite verb forms; 2.5.2 Non-finite verb forms; 2.6 Conclusion; 3: Agreement domains and targets; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Agreement in the noun phrase; 3.2.1 Demonstratives; 3.2.2 Attributives; 3.2.3 Genitive nouns and pronouns; 3.2.4 Numerals; 3.3 Agreement in the clause; 3.3.1 Verbs; 3.3.1.1 Finite verb forms; 3.3.1.2 Non-finite verb forms; 3.3.2 Attributives as predicative complements; 3.3.3 Pronouns; 3.3.4 Adverbs; 3.3.5 The postposition eqén; 3.3.6 The emphatic clitic =ejtú; 3.4 Conclusion
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Acknowledgement4: Competing controllers and agreement potential; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Typical and atypical controllers; 4.2.1 Conjoined phrases; 4.2.2 Numeral phrases; 4.3 Competing controllers: Biabsolutive constructions; 4.3.1 The semantics of biabsolutive constructions; 4.3.2 Non-verbal targets in biabsolutive constructions; 4.3.2.1 Agreeing adverbs in biabsolutive constructions; 4.3.2.2 Agreeing pronouns in biabsolutive constructions; 4.3.2.3 Agreeing emphatic clitic in biabsolutive constructions; 4.3.3 The syntactic status of absolutive objects
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4.3.3.1 Separation of the object from the converb4.3.3.2 Modification; 4.3.3.3 Dislocation; 4.3.3.4 Questioning and focusing; 4.3.3.5 Pronominal replacement; 4.3.3.6 Relativization; 4.3.4 Biabsolutive construction versus predicative complements; 4.4 Agreement potential; 4.4.1 Agreeing versus non-agreeing verbs; 4.4.2 Agreeing versus non-agreeing adverbs; 4.4.3 Agreeing versus non-agreeing postpositions; 4.4.4 Agreeing versus non-agreeing modifiers; 4.4.4.1 Nominal adjectives; 4.4.4.2 Quantifiers; 4.5 Conclusion; 5: HPSG and the nature of agreement in Archi; 5.1 Introduction
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This book presents a detailed examination of the unusual agreement system of Archi, an endangered language spoken in southern Dagestan (Russia), from the perspective of three different syntactic theories: Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical Functional Grammar, and Minimalism
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Archi language-- Grammar.
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499.96
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PK9201.A771
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Bond, Oliver
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Corbett, Greville G.
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Chumakina, Marina
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Brown, Dunstan
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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