Syntax-phonology mapping and the Tongan DP
Tongan, a Polynesian language, is almost entirely head-initial. There are some exceptions to this, including Demonstrative enclitics and the so-called Definitive Accent (Churchward 1953), which appears to be a stress-shift operation, typically in the rightmost word of the DP. One question that arise...
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Open Library of Humanities
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Glossa |
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| Online Access: | http://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/39 |