Predicting voice choice in symmetrical voice languages All the things that do not work in Totoli

Riesberg, Sonja ORCID: 0000-0002-0252-0910, Farre, Maria Bardaji i, Malcher, Kurt and Himmelmann, Nikolaus P. . Predicting voice choice in symmetrical voice languages All the things that do not work in Totoli. Stud. Lang.. AMSTERDAM: JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO. ISSN 1569-9978

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DOI:10.1075/sl.20061.rie

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 properties such as topicality, activation state, animacy, etc. do not play a major role in voice choice in symmetrical voice languages. We argue that for symmetrical voice alternations other factor groups are relevant than for asymmetrical voice alternations and that the clear structural differences between the two alternation types are mirrored in functional differences.

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Creators	Email	ORCID	ORCID Put Code
Riesberg, Sonja	UNSPECIFIED	orcid.org/0000-0002-0252-0910	UNSPECIFIED
Farre, Maria Bardaji i	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Malcher, Kurt	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Himmelmann, Nikolaus P.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED