Kayardild Morphology and Syntax

by Erich R. Round

This book presents new data and a formal analysis of the inflectional system and syntax of Kayardild, a typologically striking language of Northern Australia. It sets forth arguments for recognizing an intricate syntactic structure that underlies the exuberant distribution of inflectional features throughout the clause, and for an intermediate, 'morphomic' level of representation that mediates morphosyntactic features' realization as morphological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199654875
• ISBN13: 9780199654871
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"