Implementing the Morphology-Syntax Interface: Challenges from Murrinh-Patha Verbs

Polysynthetic languages pose special challenges for the morphology-syntax interface because information otherwise associated with words, phrases and clauses is encoded in a single morphological word. In this paper, I am concerned with the implementation of the verbal structure of the polysynthetic language Murrinh-Patha and the questions this raises for the morphology-syntax interface.