Detail Too many nasal verbs: dialect variation in the voice system of Sasak   Oleh:  Austin, Peter K. 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 29-48. Fulltext: Peter K. AUSTIN.pdf (526.12KB) Isi artikel Like other western Indonesian languages, all varieties of Sasak have verbs that carry a nasal prefix (also called ‘nasal verbs’, Arka 1998, 2003, 2009) and verbs that lack such a prefix (also called ‘oral verbs’ or ‘zero verbs’). Sasak shows four morphologically distinct kinds of nasal prefixes with varying functions. In some varieties the nasal-zero contrast has syntactic relevance relating to cross-clausal ‘pivot’ choice. In others, the contrast is related to different semantic-pragmatic interpretations of the Agentlike NP and non-Agentlike NP in a two-argument clause, or to the way a state of affairs is being portrayed. Additionally, northern Sasak has nasal prefixes in constructions that in other varieties require different morphology, unconnected with the nasal-oral distinction. This paper explores the distribution of nasal-prefix verbs in a range of varieties of Sasak, using data from elicitation, narratives, conversations and experiments to determine how these different varieties employ nasal-prefix verbs and which functions such verbs carry out. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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