Symmetrical Voice and Linking in Western Austronesian Languages / / Sonja Riesberg.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pacific Linguistics [PL] ,
646 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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