Symmetrical Voice and Linking in Western Austronesian Languages

Riesberg, Sonja

doi:10.1515/9781614518716

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“…However, the opposite position, which analyzes the undergoer voices as a passive voice, has been defended as well (Guilfoyle et al 1992). As is apparent from our above definition, this paper adopts another widespread view that both the actor and the undergoer voices create basic transitive constructions in which the nominative NP is the central argument or "subject" (see also Foley 2008;Himmelmann 2005b;Kroeger 1993;Maclachlan 1996;Paul and Travis 2006;Rackowski 2002;Rackowski and Richards 2005;Riesberg 2014;Schachter 1976Schachter , 1996Shibatani 1988). …”

Section: The Symmetrical-voice Type: Example Tagalogmentioning

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Inverse and symmetrical voice: On languages with two transitive constructions

Haude

Zúñiga

2016

Linguistics

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In voice and alignment typology, a categorical distinction is generally made between inverse systems on the one hand and symmetrical voice systems on the other. A major reason for distinguishing between these two types is the assumption that inverse systems are governed by a hierarchy involving grammatical, semantic, and ontological criteria, while symmetrical voice systems are based on discourse-pragmatic factors. However, the two types also have several important properties in common, in particular the fact that they have more than one nonderived transitive construction. Based on data from three native languages of South America, we show that the line between the two types is not always easy to draw, and that features of the inverse type can coexist with those of the symmetrical-voice type in the same language.

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Section: The Symmetrical-voice Type: Example Tagalogmentioning

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Inverse and symmetrical voice: On languages with two transitive constructions

Haude

Zúñiga

2016

Linguistics

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“…In addition to Salishan languages, the issue of the morphological relationship of transitive and intransitive predicates to each other also features in discussions of so‐called symmetrical voice systems (as in a number of Austronesian languages, cf. Foley, ; Himmelmann, ; Riesberg, ), as well as languages with equipollent derivations (see also example 13 in Section and examples 27–28 at the end of Section ).…”

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Intransitivizing morphology

Heaton

2018

Language and Linguist. Compass

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This paper provides a functional–typological discussion of the various processes which result in intransitive predicates. In addition to covering canonical cases of intransitivization such as passives, antipassives, middles, and noun incorporation, attention is also drawn to cases which complicate these categorizations, expanding our thinking about ways in which languages use discrete categories such as “transitive” and “intransitive” to represent what is more rightly a continuum of transitivity values with diverse structural representations. The paper begins with an introduction to key concepts, proceeds to a discussion of the most widely attested processes which result in intransitive predicates, and then presents some of the issues surrounding intransitivizing morphology.

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“…For that reason, they rejected cases shown in (7)b to be analysed as a passive or active voice, instead labelled it as an undergoer voice (UV). Adopting Arka and Manning's view, Riesberg provides important evidence that pronouns and proclitics immediately preceeding stem verbs are indeed undergoer voice construction [141]. She suggests that the di -V constructions do not form a uniform class but belong to two different voices.…”

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“…It indicates whether the subject is an actor, patient, or recipient 11 . Recent studies in Linguistics show that Austronesian languages are renown for their highly developed voices which are generally richer than those encountered in Indo-European languages such as English which shows only two-way systems: active-passive alteration [13,141]. As part of western Austronesian languages, Indonesian poses the unusual nature of voice systems which have led to controversy in linguistics.…”

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“…As Indonesian voice system is beyond the scope of this study, for further study on the unique cases of Indonesian voices, please see [141] or [13,14]. Coming back to the topic of word order for basic constituents in Indonesian, we could add a word order pattern which have not been mentioned either by Müller-Gotama [109] or Gill [55] as reviewed in section 3.3.1.…”

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