2021
DOI: 10.1075/sl.20061.rie
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Predicting voice choice in symmetrical voice languages

Abstract: Western Austronesian symmetrical voice languages exhibit at least two basic transitive constructions. This paper investigates what factors influence speakers’ choice of one voice over another in natural spoken discourse. It provides a thorough assessment of all factors that have been proposed to be relevant for voice choice in the literature on symmetrical voice systems. Using the Indonesian language Totoli as a case study, we show that unlike in languages with asymmetrical voice alternations, argument-related… Show more

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“…Comparatively, columns two and four demonstrate that there are quite a few lexical (less accessible) Undergoers. Furthermore, these columns show that when the Undergoer is lexical there are proportionately more Actor voice instances, which is similar to the findings in Totoli (Riesberg et al 2021). When the Undergoer is non-lexical, there is more Undergoer voice.…”
Section: Definiteness and Voicesupporting
confidence: 77%
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“…Comparatively, columns two and four demonstrate that there are quite a few lexical (less accessible) Undergoers. Furthermore, these columns show that when the Undergoer is lexical there are proportionately more Actor voice instances, which is similar to the findings in Totoli (Riesberg et al 2021). When the Undergoer is non-lexical, there is more Undergoer voice.…”
Section: Definiteness and Voicesupporting
confidence: 77%
“…Forms were coded as being lexical (full NPs or free relative clauses) or non-lexical (pronouns, zeros, demonstratives, etc.). This analysis may provide a more accurate representation of an entity's accessibility compared to the given/new distinction (Riesberg et al, 2021).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…3 The comparison here will be restricted to Tagalog, even though the voice systems of other Austronesian languages such as Totoli (Riesberg 2014;Riesberg et al 2021) are also strongly reminiscent of the Movima direct-inverse system. Apart from the patient voice in (1)a, Tagalog also has two additional undergoer voices, the locative voice (marked by -an) and the conveyance voice (marked by i-) (Himmelmann 2005b: 363).…”
Section: Symmetrical Voice and The Movima Direct-inversementioning
confidence: 99%