The Design of Agreement : Evidence from Chamorro
by
Sandra Chung
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0226106098
ISBN-13
9780226106090
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 1st, 2000
Print length
431 Pages
Weight
582 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.30 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Philosophy of languageGrammar, syntax & morphology
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A study of the fundamental building blocks that serve to organise natural language systems. The author argues that there are two distinct forms of agreement in linguistic theory: feature compatibility and an abstract syntactic relation. Her primary source of evidence is Chamorro, an Austro-nesian language spoken on Guam and Saipan.
Sandra Chung proposes that linguistic theory must recognize not one but two agreement relations--a featural relation that lies behind agreement''s impact on the form of words and a configurational relation that lies behind agreement''s impact on syntactic structure. She identifies the two relations and argues that neither can be reduced to the other. Chung offers the most comprehensive analysis of the syntax of Chamorro that has appeared to date and relates her proposals to what is known about analogous constructions in English, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Maori, and other languages.
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