Riesberg Symmetrical Voice and Linking in Western Austronesian Languages

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-61451-871-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 646, 255 Seiten

Reihe: Pacific Linguistics [PL]ISSN

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.

Zielgruppe

Austronesianists, Typologists, Theoretical Linguists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Riesberg, Sonja

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;5
2;Abbreviations;10
3;1 Introduction;13
3.1;1.1 What is symmetrical voice?;13
3.2;1.2 Symmetrical voice and syntactic theory;14
3.3;1.3 The data;16
3.4;1.4 Content and structure;19
4;2 The Symmetry of the Voices in Indonesian, Balinese, Totoli, and Tagalog;21
4.1;2.1 Introduction;21
4.2;2.2 Basic morpho-syntactic properties;23
4.2.1;2.2.1 Indonesian;23
4.2.2;2.2.2 Balinese;27
4.2.3;2.2.3 Totoli;29
4.2.4;2.2.4 Tagalog;34
4.2.5;2.2.5 Morphological marking and the markedness of voices;40
4.3;2.3 Subject properties;41
4.3.1;2.3.1 Relativisation;43
4.3.2;2.3.2 Control;49
4.3.3;2.3.3 Raising;56
4.3.4;2.3.4 Quantifier floating and secondary predicates;64
4.4;2.4 Properties of the non-subject argument;67
4.4.1;2.4.1 Quantifier floating and secondary predicates;67
4.4.2;2.4.2 Word order;73
4.4.3;2.4.3 Adjunct fronting;77
4.5;2.5 Challenging data;79
4.5.1;2.5.1 Reflexive binding;79
4.5.2;2.5.2 Control in Tagalog;87
4.6;2.6 Symmetrical voice languages;93
4.6.1;2.6.1 Against an undergoer-voice-as-passive analysis;97
4.6.2;2.6.2 Against an actor-voice-as-antipassive analysis;100
4.7;2.7 Conclusion;104
5;3 Linking Semantic Arguments to Syntax;105
5.1;3.1 Introduction;105
5.2;3.2 LFG and the Lexical Mapping Theory (LMT);105
5.2.1;3.2.1 Asymmetrical linking and standard assumptions of LMT;105
5.2.2;3.2.2 Symmetrical voice as a challenge for standard LMT;111
5.2.3;3.2.3 Non-canonical linking in the LFG literature;112
5.2.3.1;3.2.3.1 Presentational focus;113
5.2.3.2;3.2.3.2 Underspecification of the actor argument;118
5.2.3.3;3.2.3.3 Morpholexically predetermined SUBJ linking;122
5.2.3.4;3.2.3.4 Inverse linking;126
5.3;3.3 Role and Reference Grammar;134
5.3.1;3.3.1 Standard assumptions and asymmetric linking in RRG;134
5.3.2;3.3.2 Symmetrical voice as a challenge to linking in RRG;145
5.4;3.4 Conclusion;151
6;4 Coreness, Obliqueness, and the Status of the Passive Actor;153
6.1;4.1 Introduction;153
6.2;4.2 CORE vs. OBLIQUE revisited;154
6.3;4.3 The status of the passive actor;160
6.3.1;4.3.1 Distinguishing arguments from adjuncts;162
6.3.2;4.3.2 A multi-step approach to the argument-adjunct-distinction;167
6.4;4.4 The core-oblique distinction in Austronesian languages;176
7;4.5 “Symmetries” in asymmetrical languages;180
7.1;4.6 Conclusion;187
8;5 A Modified LFG Approach to Linking;189
8.1;5.1 Introduction;189
8.2;5.2 Linking and the lexicon;190
8.3;5.3 Morpholexical linking and inverse linking revisited;194
8.3.1;5.3.1 The (pure) morpholexical approach;194
8.3.2;5.3.2 Inverse linking (again);204
8.4;5.4 Approach A: Underspecification and morpholexical subject selection;207
8.4.1;5.4.1 General assumptions;208
8.4.2;5.4.2 Asymmetrical voice;210
8.4.3;5.4.3 Symmetrical voice;211
8.4.4;5.4.4 Passive;216
8.4.5;5.4.5 Critique;221
8.5;5.5 Approach B: Language specific classification of the agent;222
8.5.1;5.5.1 General assumptions;223
8.5.2;5.5.2 Linking asymmetrical and symmetrical voices;224
8.5.3;5.5.3 Critique;225
8.6;5.6 Limits of LMT;226
8.6.1;5.6.1 The function of voice alternations;226
8.6.2;5.6.2 Gradience in grammar;228
8.6.3;5.6.3 Definiteness restrictions;231
8.7;5.7 Conclusion;231
9;6 Conclusion;233
10;Appendix;237
11;References;244
12;Index of subjects;254

Über Autor(innen)

Sonja Riesberg, University of Cologne, Germany.