Nominalization in Western Austronesian
Maria Bardají
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Sonstige Sprachen / Sonstige Literaturen
Beschreibung
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.
Kundenbewertungen
Typologie, West-Australische Sprachen, Nominalization, Symmetrical Voice, Sulawesi Languages, Western Austronesian, Nominalisierung, Not-At-Issueness