Symmetrical voice and linking in Western Austronesian languages.
This book is an in-depth study of the voice systems of Totoli, Balinese, Indonesian, and Tagalog, which shows that the symmetrical nature of these systems poses a problem to current linking theories. It provides an analysis of symmetrical linking within two grammatical theories (LFG & RRG) and d...
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Boston :
De Gruyter Mouton,
2014.
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| Cyfres: | Pacific linguistics.
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| Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=840650 |
Tabl Cynhwysion:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Symmetry of the Voices in Indonesian, Balinese, Totoli, and Tagalog
- 3 Linking Semantic Arguments to Syntax
- 4 Coreness, Obliqueness, and the Status of the Passive Actor
- 5 A Modified LFG Approach to Linking
- 6 Conclusion
- Appendix
- References
- Index of subjects.