Voice and Grammatical Functions in Austronesian Languages
Peter K. Austin
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Release Date: 01/09/2006
Genre: Language & Reference
Label: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
Series: Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism
Contributors: Peter K. Austin (Edited by), Simon Musgrave (Edited by)
Language: English
Publisher: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
This volume explores various problems in the syntax of Austronesian languages, which are found primarily in Malaysia and the Polynesian islands. Using the framework of constraint-based theories of syntax, contributors discuss the nature of these voice systems, the function of their verbal morphology, valence, verbal diathesis and transitivity in such languages, and the nature of their lexical categories. Each analysis is presented within the frameworks of lexical-functional grammar and head-driven phrase structure grammar.