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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
Identifying relations: The semantic functions of wh-clefts in English

This study compares the semantic relations represented by the wh-clauses of basic and reversed wh-clefts in the Freiburg corpus of written British English (FLOB)...

Keywords: basic wh-cleft, reversed wh-cleft, theme, rheme, transitivity, Evaluation

09/2004 | Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse, Walter de Gruyter
Valency mismatches and the coding of reciprocity in Australian languages

Reciprocals are characterized by a crossover of thematic roles within a single clause...

Keywords: argument structure, Australian languages, middle, reciprocal, reflexive, transitivity, valency

12/2007 | Linguistic Typology, Walter de Gruyter