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Kitada, Yuko (2021). The prefix *si- in Western Indonesian, Sulawesi, and Philippine languages. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

The present study concerns the semantic and morphological properties of reflexes of the prefix *si- in Malayo-Polynesian languages in Western Indonesia, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. Forms with this prefix have various formations and functions: with action-denoting (that is, verbal) roots, they denote reciprocal, actor plural, reflexive, and comitative actor functions, among others. This study also examines possible cognates for quality-denoting (adjectival) and object-denoting (nominal) roots, kinship terms, and location words. Finally, it discusses the relationship between the prefix *si- and its possible cognates in Formosan and Oceanic languages, particularly Kavalan sim- and reflexes of Oceanic *paRi-.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kitada, Yuko UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-512735
Date:	May 2021
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 1: Kunstgeschichte, Musikwissenschaft, Medienkultur und Theater, Linguistik, IDH > Institut für Linguistik
Subjects:	Language, Linguistics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Austronesian English Historical Linguistics English Morphology English
Date of oral exam:	19 June 2019
Referee:	Name Academic Title Himmelmann, Nikolaus Prof. Dr. Adelaar, Alexander Prof. Dr.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/51273