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The Polysynthesis Parameter

The Polysynthesis Parameter

The Polysynthesis Parameter Paperback / softback - 1996

by Mark C. Baker

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Paperback / softback. New. This study argues that polysynthetic languages - in which verbs are built up of many parts and where one verb can act as a whole sentence - are more than an accidental collection of morphological processes; rather they adopt a systematic way of representing predicate-argument relationships.
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  • Title The Polysynthesis Parameter
  • Author Mark C. Baker
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 576
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1996-01-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780195093087
  • ISBN 9780195093087 / 0195093089
  • Weight 2.02 lbs (0.92 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.04 x 6.03 x 1.46 in (22.96 x 15.32 x 3.71 cm)
  • Reading level 1310
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress subjects Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax, Grammar, Comparative and general - Verb
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94-32344
  • Dewey Decimal Code 415
  • Quantity available 10

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This book investigates in detail the grammar of polysynthetic languages--those with very complex verbal morphology. Baker argues that polysynthesis is more than an accidental collection of morphological processes; rather, it is a systematic way of representing predicate-argument relationships that is parallel to but distinct from the system used in languages like English. Having repercussions for many areas of syntax and related aspects of morphology and semantics, this argument results in a comprehensive picture of the grammar of polysynthetic languages. Baker draws on examples from Mohawk and certain languages of the American Southwest, Mesoamerica, Australia, and Siberia.
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