Problems for the pronominal argument hypothesis in Maliseet-Passamaquoddy
Abstract: According to the pronominal argument hypothesis, the characteristic features of many so-called nonconfigurational languages may be accounted for on the assumption that affixes of verbs or auxiliaries in such languages either function as syntactic arguments or identify null pronouns that fi...
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crjohnshopkinsun:10.1353/lan.2006.0150 2024-03-03T08:46:25+00:00 Problems for the pronominal argument hypothesis in Maliseet-Passamaquoddy LeSourd, Philip S. 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/lan.2006.0150 en eng Project MUSE Language volume 82, issue 3, page 486-514 ISSN 1535-0665 Linguistics and Language Language and Linguistics journal-article 2006 crjohnshopkinsun https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.2006.0150 2024-02-03T23:20:28Z Abstract: According to the pronominal argument hypothesis, the characteristic features of many so-called nonconfigurational languages may be accounted for on the assumption that affixes of verbs or auxiliaries in such languages either function as syntactic arguments or identify null pronouns that fill this role. Overt NPs then stand as adjuncts to clauses that are formally complete without them. Several studies have proposed analyses of Algonquian languages that incorporate versions of this hypothesis. This article explores data from several areas of the morphology and syntax of the Eastern Algonquian language Maliseet-Passamaquoddy that suggest that it is not such a pronominal argument language. Article in Journal/Newspaper Maliseet Johns Hopkins University Press Language 82 3 486 514 |
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Abstract: According to the pronominal argument hypothesis, the characteristic features of many so-called nonconfigurational languages may be accounted for on the assumption that affixes of verbs or auxiliaries in such languages either function as syntactic arguments or identify null pronouns that fill this role. Overt NPs then stand as adjuncts to clauses that are formally complete without them. Several studies have proposed analyses of Algonquian languages that incorporate versions of this hypothesis. This article explores data from several areas of the morphology and syntax of the Eastern Algonquian language Maliseet-Passamaquoddy that suggest that it is not such a pronominal argument language. |
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Problems for the pronominal argument hypothesis in Maliseet-Passamaquoddy |
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