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  • 1. The University of Manchester

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This paper addresses the interaction between restructuring and nominalization in Washo (isolate, USA). An overview of the basics of restructuring in Washo is provided, and then two types of thematic nominalizations -- subject and object -- are compared with respect to their underlying structure and the availability of restructuring. Particular attention is paid to predictions determining the availability of both functional and lexical restructuring; with specific regard to the latter, the Washo data offer preliminary evidence that the height of the nominalization must contain at least VoiceP to faciliate agent sharing (\citealt{WurmbrandShimamura2017

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978-3-96110-320-1 (ISBN)
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