In this paper, I discuss the categorial status of Kîîtharaka adpositions.
I demonstrate that there are two main classes of adpositions(to be referred
to as Class A and Class B). Class A adpositions are syntactic heads and they
belong to the functional lexical category P. Class B adpositions are a phrasal
P category with a nominal component. They therefore spell out a complex structure
than adpositional heads do. This bipartation of Kîîtharaka Ps is
based on (i) optionality of complements (ii) case assignment (iii) modification
(iv) recoverability of content (v) movement and (vi) derivational morphology.
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers in Language and Linguistics 33.1