Voice and v
Author: Legate, Julie Anne
ISBN: 9780262526609
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 24 Oct 2014
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
b>An investigation of the syntactic structure of voice and v, using Acehnese (Malayo-Polynesian) as the empirical starting point./b>p>In i>Voice and v, /i>Julie Anne Legate investigates the syntactic structure of voice, using Acehnese as the empirical starting point. A central claim is that voice is encoded in a functional projection, VoiceP, which is distinct from, and higher than, vP. Legate further claims that VoiceP may be associated with phi-features that semantically restrict the external argument position but do not saturate it. Through minor variations in the properties of VoiceP, Legate explains a wide range of non-canonical voice constructions, including- agent-agreeing passives, grammatical object passives, impersonals, object voice constructions, and applicative voice in causatives. Her analysis draws on data from a typologically diverse set of languages, not only Malayo-Polynesian, but also Celtic, Scandinavian, and Slavic. /p>p>i>Voice and v/i> provides a detailed investigation into the syntactic structure of an understudied Malayo-Polynesian language, and thereby reveals important insights for the theoretical analysis of voice and the verb phrase. Moreover, the work applies and broadens these insights to a range of related passive-like constructions crosslinguistically. i>Voice and v/i> thus joins a handful of model volumes that enlist typological depth and breadth to further our development of modern linguistic theory. /p>BR>BR>b>An investigation of the syntactic structure of voice and v, using Acehnese (Malayo-Polynesian) as the empirical starting point./b>p>In i>Voice and v, /i>Julie Anne Legate investigates the syntactic structure of voice, using Acehnese as the empirical starting point. A central claim is that voice is encoded in a functional projection, VoiceP, which is distinct from, and higher than, vP. Legate further claims that VoiceP may be associated with phi-features that semantically restrict the external argument position but do not saturate it. Through minor variations in the properties of VoiceP, Legate explains a wide range of non-canonical voice constructions, including- agent-agreeing passives, grammatical object passives, impersonals, object voice constructions, and applicative voice in causatives. Her analysis draws on data from a typologically diverse set of languages, not only Malayo-Polynesian, but also Celtic, Scandinavian, and Slavic. /p>p>i>Voice and v/i> provides a detailed investigation into the syntactic structure of an understudied Malayo-Polynesian language, and thereby reveals important insights for the theoretical analysis of voice and the verb phrase. Moreover, the work applies and broadens these insights to a range of related passive-like constructions crosslinguistically. i>Voice and v/i> thus joins a handful of model volumes that enlist typological depth and breadth to further our development of modern linguistic theory. /p>
ISBN: 9780262526609
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 24 Oct 2014
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
b>An investigation of the syntactic structure of voice and v, using Acehnese (Malayo-Polynesian) as the empirical starting point./b>p>In i>Voice and v, /i>Julie Anne Legate investigates the syntactic structure of voice, using Acehnese as the empirical starting point. A central claim is that voice is encoded in a functional projection, VoiceP, which is distinct from, and higher than, vP. Legate further claims that VoiceP may be associated with phi-features that semantically restrict the external argument position but do not saturate it. Through minor variations in the properties of VoiceP, Legate explains a wide range of non-canonical voice constructions, including- agent-agreeing passives, grammatical object passives, impersonals, object voice constructions, and applicative voice in causatives. Her analysis draws on data from a typologically diverse set of languages, not only Malayo-Polynesian, but also Celtic, Scandinavian, and Slavic. /p>p>i>Voice and v/i> provides a detailed investigation into the syntactic structure of an understudied Malayo-Polynesian language, and thereby reveals important insights for the theoretical analysis of voice and the verb phrase. Moreover, the work applies and broadens these insights to a range of related passive-like constructions crosslinguistically. i>Voice and v/i> thus joins a handful of model volumes that enlist typological depth and breadth to further our development of modern linguistic theory. /p>BR>BR>b>An investigation of the syntactic structure of voice and v, using Acehnese (Malayo-Polynesian) as the empirical starting point./b>p>In i>Voice and v, /i>Julie Anne Legate investigates the syntactic structure of voice, using Acehnese as the empirical starting point. A central claim is that voice is encoded in a functional projection, VoiceP, which is distinct from, and higher than, vP. Legate further claims that VoiceP may be associated with phi-features that semantically restrict the external argument position but do not saturate it. Through minor variations in the properties of VoiceP, Legate explains a wide range of non-canonical voice constructions, including- agent-agreeing passives, grammatical object passives, impersonals, object voice constructions, and applicative voice in causatives. Her analysis draws on data from a typologically diverse set of languages, not only Malayo-Polynesian, but also Celtic, Scandinavian, and Slavic. /p>p>i>Voice and v/i> provides a detailed investigation into the syntactic structure of an understudied Malayo-Polynesian language, and thereby reveals important insights for the theoretical analysis of voice and the verb phrase. Moreover, the work applies and broadens these insights to a range of related passive-like constructions crosslinguistically. i>Voice and v/i> thus joins a handful of model volumes that enlist typological depth and breadth to further our development of modern linguistic theory. /p>
