A Study of Valency-Changing Devices in Proto Oceanic (Pacific Linguistics, 539) (Pacific Linguistics, 539)

Bethwyn Evans

ISBN 10: 0858834871 / ISBN 13: 9780858834873

Published by Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Study of Valency-Changing Devices in Proto Oceanic (Pacific Linguistics, 539) (Pacific Linguistics, 539)
• Publisher: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0858834871
• ISBN 13: 9780858834873
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Characteristic of many of the Oceanic languages of the Pacific is the presence of several valency-changing devices. This work is an historical study of three valency-increasing and two valency-decreasing morphemes, presenting descriptions of their reflexes in a number of modern Oceanic languages and a detailed reconstruction of their forms and functions in the ancestor language, Proto Oceanic. The reconstructions of valency-changing devices is presented within of an analysis of morphosyntactic classes of verbs, both in the modern languages and in Proto Oceanic.