Voice and valency alternations in Kadorih
Year: 2009
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Kadorih is a dialect of Ot Danum (West Barito, Austronesian), spoken in the upper reaches of Kahayan River in south Borneo, especially in the west of Tumbang Miri. In this paper, I will examine voice in Kadorih based on the text frequency, and conclude that: (i) Nis the most frequent actor voice prefix which takes an Actor subject, (ii) -Vnis the second most frequent undergoer voice infix which takes an Undergoer subject, (iii) voice selection is moderately sensitive to topicality and definiteness of arguments in narratives; if undergoer voice is selected, then the topicality of Undergoer argument is high; if there is an indefinite argument in actor voice, then it is likely to be Undergoer. Subsequently, I will argue that other verbal affixes have a significant impact on valency, providing evidence based on their frequencies and functions.
DOI: 10.15026/64499
Author: Kazuya Inagaki
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2560128026