The Limits of Grammar: Syntax and Lexicon in Spoken Burmese |
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abstract analysis approach arguments assignment auxiliary Auxiliary verbs basic Burmese case-assignment case-marked Chomsky clausal complements configurational considered constituents constraints construction context deixis denote dependency relations dependency theory discourse distinction distribution domain English example expressed fact function governor grammar grammaticalization head noun idea instance Item Gloss lexical categories lexical items lexicon licensing linguistic marked meaning modifiers morphemes morphosyntactic NMZR nominals non-configurational languages notions noun phrases null anaphora object occur Okell phenomena phonological phrase structure possible postpositions prepositions preverbal principle properties proposed question REALIS reanalysis relatively representation schema seems semantic center semantic roles semantic valency sense sentence simply specifier stative stative verbs subordinate clauses subordinate markers syllables syntactic syntax transitive verb types typology valency valency frame valency positions valency regimes verb complex verb particles verb-sentence markers Warlpiri wh-movement Wheatley word order word-order X-bar X-bar theory