Description

• Title:
  Synchronic and diachronic aspects of valency-reducing devices in Oceanic languages
• Creator:
  Janic, Katarzyna
• Description:
  This paper sketches out valency-reducing devices available in Oceanic languages. The Proto-Oceanic prefix *paRi- and suffix *-akin[i] are specifically the focus of the discussion, being approached from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives. I explain the currently attested functions performed by the reflexes of these two morphemes by assuming that the evolution went in a particular direction: from a very general function to a more specialized, concrete one. Among different functions performed by the reflexes of *paRi- and *-akin[i] within the valency-reducing domain, I will show that the antipassive has not been fully recognized and properly designated in linguistic descriptions of the Oceanic languages yet.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2016 Katarzyna Janic;
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2016.12.01
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Lingua Posnaniensis; Vol. 58 No. 2; 151-188;
  Lingua Posnaniensis; Tom 58 Nr 2; 151-188;
  2083-6090
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/linpo/article/view/linpo-2016-0013/28539
• Subject:
  Oceanic languages;
  valency;
  plurality of relations;
  detransitivization;
  antipassive
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/linpo/article/view/linpo-2016-0013
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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• Type:
  text