Detail On the optionality of grammatical markers: A case study of voice marking in Malay/Indonesian   Oleh:  Nomoto, Hiroki 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 121-143. Fulltext: Hiroki NOMOTO.pdf (308.52KB) Isi artikel The prefix meN- is usually considered to be an active voice marker. It has also been described as an optional element, as it does not appear to have any obvious semantic effect. This paper argues that meN- is not an active voice marker, nor is it optional. The first claim is based on the following facts: (i) meN- has aspectual effects and (ii) unlike the absence the passive marker di-, the absence of meN- is not subject to any well-defined licensing condition. As for the second claim, two kinds of optionality are distinguished: genuine and ostensible optionality. MeN- is only ostensibly optional, i.e. the aspectual meaning conveyed by meN- is a proper subset of the meaning conveyed by the form without meN-; in order to refer exclusively to the relevant subset, meN- is obligatory. Ostensible optionality is also observed in two other markers in Malay/Indonesian that have been described as being optional, i.e. classifiers and plural marking by means of reduplication. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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