Symmetrical voice and linking in western Austronesian languages /

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Author / Creator:	Riesberg, Sonja, author.
Imprint:	Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]. ©2014
Description:	xi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Pacific Linguistics ; volume 646 Pacific linguistics ; 646.
Subject:	Austronesian languages -- Grammar, Comparative. Austronesian languages -- Grammar, Comparative.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10079993

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ISBN:	1614518785 9781614518785
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [232]-241) and index.
Summary:	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 develops a modified LFG linking mechanism that sheds light on the differences as well as the similarities of symmetrical and asymmetrical voice systems.--Back cover.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
1.1. What is symmetrical voice?
1.2. Symmetrical voice and syntactic theory
1.3. The data
1.4. Content and structure
2. The Symmetry of the Voices in Indonesian, Balinese, Totoli, and Tagalog
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Basic morpho-syntactic properties
2.2.1. Indonesian
2.2.2. Batinese
2.2.3. Totoli
2.2.4. Tagalog
2.2.5. Morphological marking and the markedness of voices
2.3. Subject properties
2.3.1. Relativisation
2.3.2. Control
2.3.3. Raising
2.3.4. Quantifier floating and secondary predicates
2.4. Properties of the non-subject argument
2.4.1. Quantifier floating and secondary predicates
2.4.2. Word order
2.4.3. Adjunct fronting
2.5. Challenging data
2.5.1. Reflexive binding
2.5.2. Control in Tagalog
2.6. Symmetrical voice languages
2.6.1. Against an undergoer-voice-as-passive analysis
2.6.2. Against an actor-voice-as-antipassive analysis
2.7. Conclusion
3. Linking Semantic Arguments to Syntax
3.1. Introduction
3.2. LFG and the Lexical Mapping Theory (LMT)
3.2.1. Asymmetrical linking and standard assumptions of LMT
3.2.2. Symmetrical voice as a challenge for standard LMT
3.2.3. Non-canonical linking in the LFG literature
3.2.3.1. Presentational focus
3.2.3.2. Underspecification of the actor argument
3.2.3.3. Morpholexically predetermined SUBJ linking
3.2.3.4. Inverse linking
3.3. Role and Reference Grammar
3.3.1. Standard assumptions and asymmetric linking in RRG
3.3.2. Symmetrical voice as a challenge to linking in RRG
3.4. Conclusion
4. Coreness, Obliqueness, and the Status of the Passive Actor
4.1. Introduction
4.2. CORE VS. OBLIQUE revisited
4.3. The status of the passive actor
4.3.1. Distinguishing arguments from adjuncts
4.3.2. A multi-step approach to the argument-adjunct-distinction
4.4. The core-oblique distinction in Austronesian languages
4.5. "Symmetries" in asymmetrical languages
4.6. Conclusion
5. A Modified LFG Approach to Linking
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Linking and the lexicon
5.3. Morpholexical linking and inverse linking revisited
5.3.1. The (pure) morpholexical approach
5.3.2. Inverse linking (again)
5.4. Approach A: Underspecification and morpholexical subject selection
5.4.1. General assumptions
5.4.2. Asymmetrical voice
5.4.3. Symmetrical voice
5.4.4. Passive
5.4.5. Critique
5.5. Approach B: Language specific classification of the agent
5.5.1. General assumptions
5.5.2. Linking asymmetrical and symmetrical voices
5.5.3. Critique
5.6. Limits of LMT
5.6.1. The function of voice alternations
5.6.2. Gradience in grammar
5.6.3. Definiteness restrictions
5.7. Conclusion
6. Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index of subjects

Symmetrical voice and linking in western Austronesian languages /

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