Jensen Joshua. Jarai Clauses and Noun Phrases: Syntactic Structures in an Austronesian Language

Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2014. — 250 p. — (Pacific Linguistics 645).The first published treatment of the syntax of Jarai, an Austronesian language of Southeast Asia, this volume focuses on the noun phrase and three regions of the clause: the left periphery, inflectional elements, and the verbal domain. Close attention is given to pseudo-cleft questions and serial verb constructions. Phenomena are carefully described, then analyzed within the Minimalist framework.