Detail Voice, Valence, and Focus in Makassarese   Oleh:  Jukes, Anthony Jenis: Article from Books Dalam koleksi: NUSA: Linguistics Studies of Language in and around Indonesia Volume 54: Voice Variation in Austronesian Languages of Indonesia, page 67-84. Fulltext: Anthony JUKES.pdf (515.51KB) Isi artikel Makassarese (South Sulawesi) has a set of verb prefixes cognate with voice-marking morphology in other Austronesian languages of Indonesia and the Philippines. However, unlike many of these languages, Makassarese has an asymmetrical voice system with a passive prefix ni- opposed to several constructions loosely termed ‘active’. One construction with the prefix aN(N)- shares features of both transitive and intransitive clauses. This paper will examine this construction, evaluate previous analyses suggesting it is ‘formally intransitive’, ‘antipassive’ or a marker of ‘agent focus’, and propose a different analysis with the label ‘semi-transitive’. Finally, it will discuss the use of a pre-predicate focus slot, which serves several of the functions typically fulfilled by a voice system in other West Austronesian languages. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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