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Diachronic Aspects of Micronesian Clause Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Mark Hale
Mark Hale*
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Concordia University
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Abstract

A number of interesting syntactic processes in a variety of Micronesian languages arose in response to a restructuring of Proto-Micronesian verbal morphology, the restructuring itself triggered by purely phonological changes. This article provides an account of these changes, revealing at the same time aspects of Proto-Micronesian clause structure which have not previously been noted.

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Résumé

Un certain nombre de processus syntaxiques dans une variété de langues micronésiennes ont fait surface suite à une restructuration de la morphologie verbale proto-micronésienne, la restructuration ayant été déclenchée par des changements purement phonologiques. Cet article rend compte de ces changements tout en mettant en lumière des aspects de la structure de la phrase proto-micronésienne qui n’ont pas été remarqués auparavant.

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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 43 , Special Issue 3-4: Arguments and Structure in Austronesian Languages , December 1998 , pp. 341 - 357
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1998

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