This volume brings together current research in theoretical syntax and its interfaces in the Polynesian language family. Chapters offer in-depth analyses of a r

This volume explores the grammar of Niuean, an endangered Polynesian language spoken on the island of Niue and in New Zealand, with a focus on the issue of pred

"Empirically rich, analytically sophisticated, and theoretically necessary. A major step forward in minimalist theorizing." --

Morphology-syntax interface. Generalized person-case constraint. Causation hierarchy, semantic control and eventivity in Nisgha. Deep unaccusativity and zero sy