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Semantic and functional diversification of reciprocal and middle prefixes in New Caledonian and other Austronesian languages

This article analyses the functions and meanings of the reflexes of the Proto-Oceanic (POc) prefix *paRi- in New Caledonian languages and, based on comparisons with other Austronesian languages, seeks to account for their broad polyfunctionality and polysemy in New Caledonia...

Keywords: aspect, Austronesian, collective, cooperative, iterative, middle, New Caledonia, Oceanic, pluractionality, polysemy, reciprocal, reduplication, reflexive, semantic change, transitivity, voice

06/2005 | Linguistic Typology, Walter de Gruyter
A typological overview of Mwotlap, an Oceanic language of Vanuatu

The typologist reader is presented here with an overview of the most interesting characteristics of Mwotlap, an Oceanic language of Vanuatu...

Keywords: actionality, animacy, aspect, clause combining, deixis, Mwotlap, negation, number, incorporation, Oceanic, possession, predication, pronoun, referentiality, serial verbs, valency change, vowel harmony

06/2005 | Linguistic Typology, Walter de Gruyter