TY - BOOK ID - 80835607 TI - Multiple object constructions in P'orhepecha : argument realization and valence-affecting morphology PY - 2015 SN - 9789004288874 9004288872 9789004288331 9004288333 1336098929 PB - Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Tarascan language KW - Functional discourse grammar. KW - Michoacán language KW - Michoacana language KW - Michuacana language KW - Phurhembe language KW - P'urhepecha language KW - Purepecha language KW - Tarasco language KW - Indians of Mexico KW - Functional grammar KW - Discourse analysis KW - Functionalism (Linguistics) KW - Morphology. KW - Grammar. KW - Direct object. KW - Clauses. KW - Lexicology. KW - Languages KW - Purépecha language KW - Purépecha language UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80835607 AB - In Multiple Object Constructions in P’orhépecha , Capistrán offers a detailed description of double and triple object clauses in P’orhépecha, a Mesoamerican isolate with a case system lacking an accusative-dative distinction. Regarding argument realization, Capistrán discusses alternating constructions and a construction split triggered by the person hierarchy. Valence-affecting operations—applicative, causative/instrumental and part-whole lexical suffixes—are examined, highlighting the person features of applicative suffixes and the complex part-whole morphology. Capistrán’s analysis demonstrates that in P’orhépecha most object coding properties show a neutral pattern, while all behavioral properties present asymmetries that shape a secundative pattern or PO/SO alignment. Capistrán argues that the strong tendency in P’orhépecha to determine PO selection according to a thematic ranking helps explain the (un)grammaticality of tritransitive constructions. ER -