Elementary Predicates and Related Categories

This book offers a fresh perspective on how natural languages encode grammatical relations, by delving into the interplay between oblique cases, adpositions, serial verbs, and applicatives. This book reveals, through a series of case studies, the pervasive role of the 'inclusion' relator across diverse linguistic contexts. Departing from traditional views that obliques lack int...

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This book offers a fresh perspective on how natural languages encode grammatical relations, by delving into the interplay between oblique cases, adpositions, serial verbs, and applicatives. This book reveals, through a series of case studies, the pervasive role of the 'inclusion' relator across diverse linguistic contexts. Departing from traditional views that obliques lack interpretive content, this work presents a unified conceptual framework of relations in grammar. Drawing on minimalist principles, the book posits a preeminence of the lexicon in syntactic projection, shedding light on the underlying ontology of language. By exploring cross-categorial variation and syncretism, it outlines an inventory of primitives shaping morpho-syntactic derivations.

Preface | pp. ix–x
Chapter 1. Introduction | pp. 1–15
Chapter 2. Oblique serial verbs in Creole/Pidgin languages and beyond | pp. 16–48
Chapter 3. A syntactic interpretation of the applicative-causative syncretism | pp. 49–72
Chapter 4. Axial Parts beyond space: Relational nouns and grammatical categories | pp. 73–113
Chapter 5. Existential sentences in Romance based Creoles: On the relational content of the contextual domain | pp. 114–133
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Preface | pp. ix–x
Chapter 1. Introduction | pp. 1–15
Chapter 2. Oblique serial verbs in Creole/Pidgin languages and beyond | pp. 16–48
Chapter 3. A syntactic interpretation of the applicative-causative syncretism | pp. 49–72
Chapter 4. Axial Parts beyond space: Relational nouns and grammatical categories | pp. 73–113
Chapter 5. Existential sentences in Romance based Creoles: On the relational content of the contextual domain | pp. 114–133
Chapter 6. The morphosyntax of Italian ethnic adjectives | pp. 134–168
Chapter 7. The morphosyntactic interaction of kinship terms with evaluative morphemes in Italian | pp. 169–185
Chapter 8. Conclusions | pp. 186–187
Bibliography | pp. 188–213
Subject index | pp. 215–217
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