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Western Austronesian Applicative Constructions: Continuity and Change in Form and Meaning

Western Austronesian Applicative Constructions: Continuity and Change in Form and Meaning

L. Truong, Christina

Hardcover

Series: Endangered and Lesser-Studied Languages and Dialects, Book 4

EtymologyGrammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 900473712X
ISBN13: 9789004737129
Publisher: Brill
Published: Aug 21 2025
Pages: 364
Weight: 1.56
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Applicative constructions are a distinctive grammatical feature of the Austronesian languages of western Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. Applicatives in these languages show varied syntactic and semantic properties, and are closely connected to causativization, aspectual meanings, and symmetrical voice. As a result, they do not fit neatly into 'canonical' patterns for applicatives. This book adopts a construction-based, typologically-grounded approach, treating applicatives as pairings of form and meaning. Data from 85 languages are analyzed systematically, combining careful description with quantitative methods and extensive use of geomapping to explore the diverse properties of applicatives in this region and their diachronic development.

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