Salish Applicatives
Kaoru Kiyosawa and Donna B. Gerdts, Simon Fraser University
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Biographical note
Kaoru Kiyosawa, Ph.D. (2007) in Linguistics, Simon Fraser University, has worked intensively on the comparative study in Salish languages. Her research includes the morphosyntactic analysis of verbal afffixes such as object agreement and transitive inflection.
Donna B. Gerdts, Ph.D. (1982) in Linguistics, University of California, San Diego, is Professor of Linguistics at Simon Fraser University. She has published extensively on the morphology, syntax, and semantics of Halkomelem Salish, based on over thirty years of fieldwork with elders in British Columbia.
Donna B. Gerdts, Ph.D. (1982) in Linguistics, University of California, San Diego, is Professor of Linguistics at Simon Fraser University. She has published extensively on the morphology, syntax, and semantics of Halkomelem Salish, based on over thirty years of fieldwork with elders in British Columbia.
Readership
All those interested in morphology, syntax, and semantics, indigenous languages of North America, historical linguistics, discourse analysis, and linguistic typology.
Table of contents
CONTENTS
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two The Morphosyntax of Salish Applicatives
Chapter Three Relational Applicatives
Chapter Four Redirective Applicatives
Chapter Five Exceptional Applicative Suffixes
Chapter Six A Closer Look at Transitive Marking
Chapter Seven Combinatory Properties of Applicatives
Chapter Eight Discourse Functions of Salish Applicatives
Chapter Nine Cross-linguistic Perspectives
Chapter Ten Conclusion
Bibliography
Indices
Author Index
Language Index
Subject Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two The Morphosyntax of Salish Applicatives
Chapter Three Relational Applicatives
Chapter Four Redirective Applicatives
Chapter Five Exceptional Applicative Suffixes
Chapter Six A Closer Look at Transitive Marking
Chapter Seven Combinatory Properties of Applicatives
Chapter Eight Discourse Functions of Salish Applicatives
Chapter Nine Cross-linguistic Perspectives
Chapter Ten Conclusion
Bibliography
Indices
Author Index
Language Index
Subject Index
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