Malagasy Database

Researchers: Maria Polinsky

Linguistics Department,
University of California at San Diego
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• cross-linguistic variation in syntax
• syntax-to-information structure interface
• morphosyntax
• incompletely acquired languages (heritage languages)
  
• linguistic field work: Malagasy, Crimean Tatar, Kabardian, Abkhaz, Chukchee, Armenian, Tsez , Rutul, several Bantu languages, Chuukese, and Vietnamese.
• complementation patterns in Malagasy and Kabardian
• clause combining in Malagasy

Ph.D. (1986) from the Institute for Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciencescontent}

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