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Multiple Object Constructions in Pâorhépecha
Argument Realization and Valence-Affecting Morphology
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In Multiple Object Constructions in Pâorhépecha, Capistrán offers a detailed description of double and triple object clauses in Pâorhépecha, 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 operationsâapplicative, causative/instrumental and part-whole lexical suffixesâare examined, highlighting the person features of applicative suffixes and the complex part-whole morphology. Capistránâs analysis demonstrates that in Pâorhépecha 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 Pâorhépecha to determine PO selection according to a thematic ranking helps explain the (un)grammaticality of tritransitive constructions.
Alejandra Capistrán Garza, Ph.D. (2010), El Colegio de México, is Professor of Linguistics at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa. Her publications on Pâorhépecha cover topics on constituent order, applicatives, causatives, lexical categories, and locative descriptions (Locative and Orientation Descriptions in Tarascan, 2011).
Scholars and researchers interested in syntactic typology, especially in grammatical relations marking, transitivity, and valence-affecting operations; and anyone concerned with the study of Mesoamerican languages, particularly with Pâorhépecha (Tarascan) grammar.