17. Coordination strategies and inclusory constructions in New Caledonian and other Oceanic languages

1.Introduction 1.1 Oceanic languages 1.2 Introduction to Nêlêmwa 2. Noun phrase coordination in Nêlêmwa 2.1 The general dependency marker me ‘and’ 2.2 The animate, inclusory NP coordinator ma ‘and, with’ 2.3 The additive coordinator ka ~ xa ‘and, also, too’ 3. Predicate and clausal coordination in Nêlêmwa 3.1 Me : a polyfunctional morpheme 3.2 Me and xa as medial VP or clausal coordinators 3.3 Me, na and xa in clause chaining 4. Typological comparisons with other Oceanic languages 4.1 Appositive inclusory constructions in some Oceanic languages 4.2 Inclusory, coordinating and comitative strategies: a comparative overview in some Oceanic languages 4.3 Inclusory constructions: paths of grammaticalization and replacement 5. Conclusion

Published online: 29 July 2004
https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.58.24bri