Object and Absolutive in Halkomelem Salish

by Donna B. Gerdts

This book treats aspects of the syntax of Halkomelem, a Salish language spoken in southwestern British Columbia, specifically those constructions which involve objects, and seeks to accomplish two goals. First, it provides natural language fodder for the debate concerning the nature of grammatical relations and their place in syntactic theory. Second, by showing that Halkomelem draws from a familiar class of universal constructions and organizes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415727480
• ISBN13: 9780415727488
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"