Information Structure in Indigenous Languages of the Americas Syntactic Approaches
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José Camacho, Rodrigo Gutiérrez-Bravo, Liliana Sánchez
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Information Structure in Indigenous Languages of the Americas Syntactic Approaches
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De Gruyter Mouton
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9783110228533
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Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]ISSN
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1
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CHF 168.20
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Sonstige Sprachen / Sonstige Literaturen
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English
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217
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< >This collection of articles explores how the grammar of several native languages of The Americas presents new and old information, question-formation and other functions related to the broader discourse. The concepts addressed in the collection are explained in an introduction to the volume. Included languages are Karaja, Kuikuro, Lushootseed, Southern Quechua, Shipbo, Tariana, Yaqui and Yucatec Maya.
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José Camacho
, Rutgers University, USA;
Rodrigo Gutiérrez-Bravo
El Colegio de México, México;
Liliana Sánchez
, Rutgers University, USA.
Contents
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Introduction
8
Language contact and pragmatic notions: Tariana in its multilingual context
24
Communicative structure in Lushootseed syntax: Thematicity and focalization
46
Null subjects in Shipibo switch-reference systems
72
Cartography of expanded CP in Kuikuro (Southern Carib, Brazil)
94
On word order and information structure in Yaqui
122
On the nature of word order in Yucatec Maya
146
The structure of CP in Karaja
178
Agree and the licensing of wh-words and polarity sensitive items in Southern Quechua
198
Index
220
