Symmetrical Voice and Linking in Western Austronesian Languages

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.

About the author

Sonja Riesberg, University of Cologne, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Sonja Riesberg
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781614518785
• ISBN: 978-1-61451-878-5
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 19 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 488 g
• Series: Pacific Linguistics; Pacific Linguistics [Pl]; Pacific Linguistics; Pacific Linguistics [PL]; ISSN; Pacific Linguistics [PL], 646
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies