What is it about?
The monograph presents an in-depth generative analysis of complex predicate constructions (causatives and applicatives) in Kartvelian languages, which are understudied from the generative perspective. It presents a unique opportunity to delve into the syntax of these constructions and explore the range of issues that arise between their syntax and morphological interface.
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Why is it important?
The monograph is important for several reasons: first, the languages analyzed in it belong to a very different morphological typology (fusional, agglutinative) than the Indo-European languages surrounding the geographical area where these languages are spoken for many centuries. In addition, the monograph shows that at a deeper level the syntax of complex predicates resembles that in Spanish but with their morphological typology they are similar to complex predicate systems attested in Native American languages and other polysynthetic systems. Thus it is interesting to see both similarities and unique features of the languages under study.
Perspectives
This monograph is ideally suited for Graduate programs in Linguistics and related areas all over the world. Both students and scholars in any area of Linguistics will find myriad constructions that have not ever been explored before. Moreover, it has a wide appeal to audiences with different theoretical perspectives such as generative, typological and others since it is very clearly written with a variety of illustrations of how complex predicates are derived.
Leila Lomashvili
Shawnee State University
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This page is a summary of: Complex Predicates, March 2011, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/la.174.
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