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ERIC ED365099: Goals and Indirect Objects in Seri. |
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A number of Seri verbs display a sensitivity to whether a |
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goal, which is a term used for recipients, adressees, |
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etc., is singular or plural. The data presented in this |
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paper are of typological interest. It is argued that Seri |
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has indirect objects, but that there is no one-to-one |
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mapping between the semantic role goal and either the |
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syntactic relation of indirect object or any oblique |
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relation. Data and arguments are also presented that are |
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of theoretical interest. First, it is argued that there |
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are verbs that govern both 3-2 Advancement and 2-3 |
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retreat, establishing the existence of the latter in |
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human language. Second, it is proposed that a degree of |
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simplification of the Seri grammar may be achieved by |
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adopting a Minimality principle. This principle predicts |
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that certain revaluations should not be expected in Seri, |
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and permits simplification of the lexical entries of |
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verbs. (JL) |
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Date Published: 2014-10-22 22:21:44 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED365099 |
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Item Size: 20455362 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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