Quiegolani Zapotec Syntax: A Principles and Parameters Account, Issue 136The reader of Quiegolani Zapotec Syntax will find a careful syntactic analysis of this language, presented descriptively and with a theoretical analysis. In the three sections of the book, Cheryl Black provides a coherent, explanatory analysis for many facets of the syntax of this VSO language. Part I describes the morphology and syntax, as well as anaphoric relations. Parts II and III provide a theoretical analysis of the various syntactic constructions, utilizing a Principles and Parameters approach. Part II examines clause structure, including focus and topic constructions, interrogatives, negative constructions, and their interactions. Part III extends the analysis to phrase structures such as verbal and nominal phrases. The final chapter demonstrates that the special quantifier constructions that mark number in the language exhibit the same basic principles and structures as the rest of the grammar, showing that a small number of principles or constraints can determine the full grammar of a language. Quiegolani Zapotec is an Otomanguean language spoken in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. This language family has received relatively little attention by syntacticians, making Dr. Black's work especially valuable. Theoretical linguists, as well as those mainly interested in description and typology, will find it of interest. |
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adjoined AGOSTO allow analysis anaphoric aspect marking assume BENIT Biki C-catch c-command C-go c/see-NEG chene chicken clause structure clitic coindexed complement conjunct coordinate structure coreferent Dolf DP VP DP₁ embedded examples father focus marker focused phrase free negative word fronted g-an Gecha given GRING H-say head movement Infl José mëëk mër morphemes mother 1EX n-ak n-uu negation negative indefinite pronouns Negº ngyed nisgaal nominal phrase Nonpronominal Head normal noun Oaxaca object overt P-all P-go P-know P-two pigeon plural PolP possessor PR-go predicate Qmax r-laan relative clauses Rodolfo s-be s-become S-structure semantic shown soda special number-marking constructions specifier of CP specifier of NegP specifier-head Subject Adjunction Susan syntactic third person pronoun tion TRIPTOQ ts-a Tzotzil Verb Movement proposal Virginia Vmax w-nëëz West Flemish Wh-Criterion wh-movement wh-phrase wh-questions wii-t wnaa X-bar theory xnaa noo xsaap y-ra y-rup Zapotec Zapotecan languages