edited by Peter K. Austin and Simon Musgrave
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 phase
structure grammar.
Peter K. Austin is Marit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics at the School
of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Simon Musgrave is an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow
in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University.
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
Simon Musgrave
- 2 The place of Philippine languages in a typology of voice systems
William A. Foley
- 3 Voice and grammatical relations in Indonesian: A new perspectives
I Wayan Arka and Christopher D. Manning
- 4 Voice and the syntax of =a/-a verbs in Balinese
I Wayan Arka
- 5 Objective voice and control into subject cluses in Balinese
I Wayan Arka and Jane Simpson
- 6 The grammatical function OBJ in Indonesian
Simon Musgrave
- 7 Grammatical properties of the ergative noun phrase in Tongan
Michael Dukes
- 8 Voice and being core: evidence from eastern Indonesian languages
I Wayan Arka
- 9 Hierarchies in argument structure increasing processes: ranking causative and applicative
Mark Donohue
- 10 Lexical categories and voice in Tagalog
Nikolaus Himmelamn
8/1/2008