Multiple object constructions in P'orhepecha : argument realization and valence-affecting morphology / by Alejandra Capistran Garza.

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Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Figures and Maps; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction ; 1.1 P'orhépecha Background and Sources; 1.2 Previous Works on P'orhépecha Grammar; 1.3 P'orhépecha Grammatical Sketch; 1.3.1 Phonological and Morphophonological Characteristics; 1.3.2 Morphological and Syntactic Characteristics; 1.3.2.1 Verbal Stems and Inflection; 1.3.2.2 Case and Adpositions; 1.3.2.3 Pronominal Forms; 1.3.2.4 Morphological Marking of Syntactic Relations ; 1.3.2.5 General Aspects of the Sentence.

Chapter 2 Subject and Object in Monotransitive Constructions 2.1 Coding Properties; 2.1.1 Nominative Case Marking and Objective Case Marking; 2.1.2 Subject and Object Verb Markings; 2.1.3 Pronominal Forms; 2.1.4 Omission of Subject and Object Pronominal Forms; 2.2 Behavioral Properties; 2.2.1 Indefinite Human Object Marker; 2.2.2 Reflexivization and Reciprocalization ; 2.2.3 Passivization; 2.3 Conclusions; Chapter 3 Three-argument Constructions with Non-derived Verbs ; 3.1 Coding Properties of Double Object Ditransitive Constructions; 3.1.1 Case Marking; 3.1.2 Constituent Order.

3.1.3 Object Marking on the Verb: The Suffix -a3.1.4 Pronominal Object Forms and Omission ; 3.2 Construction Split: Double Object Constructions Versus R Encoded as Oblique ; 3.3 Morphosyntactic Behavior: Double Object Constructions versus R Encoded as Oblique ; 3.3.1 Passivization; 3.3.2 Reciprocalization and Reflexivization ; 3.3.3 Indefinite Object Marker; 3.3.4 Summary; 3.4 Co-occurrence of Valence-decreasing Morphemes ; 3.5 Conclusions; Chapter 4 Applicative Constructions ; 4.1 Formal and Semantic Properties of Applicative Marking; 4.1.1 Applicative Marking with -ku/-chi.

4.1.2 Applicative versus Oblique Constructions: Alternation and Split 4.1.3 Thematic Role of the Applied Object ; 4.1.4 Summary ; 4.2 Morphosyntactic Properties of Double Object Applicative Constructions ; 4.2.1 Allomorphs of the Suffixes -ku and -chi in Constructions with the Passive, Reciprocal, or Indefinite Object Morphemes ; 4.2.2 For the Benefit of the Agent: Constructions with -kurhi ; 4.3 Applicatives and Internal Possession ; 4.4 Conclusions; Chapter 5 Constructions with Causative/Instrumental Suffixes ; 5.1 Morphological Causatives; 5.1.1 Causative Allomorphs.

5.1.2 Double Causative Marking and Indirect Causation5.2 Double Object Causative Constructions; 5.2.1 Coding Properties; 5.2.2 Behavioral Properties; 5.2.2.1 Passivization; 5.2.2.2 Constructions with the Reciprocal Morpheme -p'era ; 5.2.2.3 Indefinite Object Marker; 5.2.3 Causativization of Causativized Intransitive Predicates ; 5.3 Encoding the Causee in Oblique Function: Benefactive Causatives with the Suffix -kurhi ; 5.4 Instrumental Constructions; 5.5 Conclusions; Chapter 6 Predicates with Spatial Suffixes: Part-whole Relations and External Possession Constructions.

In this monograph, Capistrán analyzes constraints on double and triple object sentences following a PO/SO pattern. Alternating constructions and construction splits are also explained. PO selection according to a thematic ranking accounts for the (un)grammaticality of tritransitive constructions.

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