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Nominalization in Western Austronesian : Not-at-issueness in Totoli and Beyond / Maria Bardají.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pacific Linguistics [PL] ; 670Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (XX, 330 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783111456638
  • 9783111461908
  • 9783111459929
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 499
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Glossing and orthographic conventions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Language Background -- 3 Nominalization strategies in Totoli -- 4 An analysis of Totoli nominalizations as not-at-issue content -- 5 A cross-linguistic analysis of lexical nominalization in western Austronesian symmetrical voice languages -- 6 Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- Index
Summary: This book explores nominalization processes in Totoli (Sulawesi, Indonesia) within the context of western Austronesian symmetrical voice languages. The main focus is on lexical nominalizations, especially on action nominal constructions derived with pV-/pVN-/pVg- and kV-. By means of corpus data, the book provides a characterization of the form and the functions of these constructions and their hybrid nominal and verbal nature. It then investigates the role of nominalization (and subordination) in information packaging using the concept of at-issueness. Finally, it provides a systematic survey of nominalization constructions in 67 western Austronesian symmetrical voice languages.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Glossing and orthographic conventions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Language Background -- 3 Nominalization strategies in Totoli -- 4 An analysis of Totoli nominalizations as not-at-issue content -- 5 A cross-linguistic analysis of lexical nominalization in western Austronesian symmetrical voice languages -- 6 Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- Index

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This book explores nominalization processes in Totoli (Sulawesi, Indonesia) within the context of western Austronesian symmetrical voice languages. The main focus is on lexical nominalizations, especially on action nominal constructions derived with pV-/pVN-/pVg- and kV-. By means of corpus data, the book provides a characterization of the form and the functions of these constructions and their hybrid nominal and verbal nature. It then investigates the role of nominalization (and subordination) in information packaging using the concept of at-issueness. Finally, it provides a systematic survey of nominalization constructions in 67 western Austronesian symmetrical voice languages.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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