Symmetrical voice and linking in western Austronesian languages
By: Sonja Riesberg
Series: Pacific Linguistics -- volume 646
Publisher: Mouton De Gruyter
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781614518785; 9781614518716; 9781501500664
Subjects: Austronesian languages; Comparative Grammar
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-241) and index.