Interaction of Morphology and Syntax
Case studies in Afroasiatic
Editors
The present volume deals with hitherto unexplored issues on the interaction of morphology and syntax. These selected and invited papers mainly concern Cushitic and Chadic languages, the least-described members of the Afroasiatic family. Three papers in the volume explore one or more typological characteristics across an entire language family or branch, while others focus on one or two languages within a family and the implications of their structures for the family, the phylum, or linguistic typology as a whole. The diversity of topics addressed within the present volume reflects the great diversity of language structures and functions within the Afroasiatic phylum.
[Typological Studies in Language, 75] 2008. v, 234 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionZygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay | pp. 1–5
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Case marking, syntactic domains and information structure in Kabyle (Berber)Amina Mettouchi | pp. 7–40
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The internal and comparative reconstruction of verb extensions in early Chadic and AfroasiaticChristopher Ehret | pp. 41–59
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One way of becoming a dative subjectZygmunt Frajzyngier | pp. 61–83
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Coding the unexpected: Subject pronouns in East DanglaErin Shay | pp. 85–105
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Ergative-active features of the Ethiopian Semitic typeGrover Hudson | pp. 107–135
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Number as an exponent of gender in CushiticMaarten Mous | pp. 137–160
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Relativization in Kambaata (Cushitic)Yvonne Treis | pp. 161–206
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Between coordination and subordination in GawwadaMauro Tosco | pp. 207–226
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Author index | pp. 227–228
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Language index | pp. 229–230
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Subject index | pp. 231–234
Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFF: Historical & comparative linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General