Cebuano Passives Revisited.
In: Oceanic Linguistics, Jg. 46 (2007-12-01), Heft 2, S. 554-584
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The view that the gi-clauses and/or their equivalents in other Philippine-type languages, specifically in Cebuano and closely related Bisayan languages, are active constructions has been widely accepted by a number of Austronesian linguists. In a recent study on the gi-verb clauses in Cebuano, however, another linguist reinterprets those with Verb-Patient-Agent (VPA) word order as passive. In this paper, we argue against such an interpretation, based on analyses of the semantics and discourse pragmatics of the gi- and na-clauses in spoken data. A gi- attached to a verb implies a deliberate intention of an Agent; a na-clause directs attention to the often accidental effect of an action on a Patient without emphasizing any reference to an Agent. This renders a na-verb construction, especially one in which the Agent is missing, as a much more plausible candidate for passive in Cebuano. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Cebuano Passives Revisited.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Tanangkingsing, Michael ; Huang, Shuanfan |
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Zeitschrift: | Oceanic Linguistics, Jg. 46 (2007-12-01), Heft 2, S. 554-584 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2007 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0029-8115 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1353/ol.2008.0006 |
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