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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.

Tarascan language --- Functional discourse grammar. --- Michoacán language --- Michoacana language --- Michuacana language --- Phurhembe language --- P'urhepecha language --- Purepecha language --- Tarasco language --- Indians of Mexico --- Functional grammar --- Discourse analysis --- Functionalism (Linguistics) --- Morphology. --- Grammar. --- Direct object. --- Clauses. --- Lexicology. --- Languages --- Purépecha language