Symmetrical Voice and Linking in Western Austronesian Languages
ISBN: 9781614518716
Platform/Publisher: De Gruyter / De Gruyter Mouton
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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.


Sonja Riesberg, University of Cologne, Germany.

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