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Are Non-Topic Undergoers Direct Objects?: Evidence from Waray

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: : Waray is a major language spoken in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. In this paper I argue that genitive case undergoers in clauses describing semantically transitive situations are neither direct objects, nor oblique constituents. Rather their grammatical properties result from speakers’ choice to “deperspectivize” an undergoer. Consequently, constructions that have been called “Actor-voice” in studies of other Philippine languages are in fact grammatically Intransitive. This observation has profound consequences for the conceptualization of voice and grammatical relations in Philippine languages.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13358051

Author: Payne, Thomas Edward

Institutions: SIL Global, University of Oregon

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6967769909

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