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Date/Time
25 April, 2023 (Tue.), 16:00–17:00
Venue
Room 303, 3F, ILCAA, TUFS & Online Meeting via Zoom
Program
16:00–17:00
Timothy Brickell (JSPS Postdoctoral fellow)
“Bound pronouns and constituent order in the Minahasan languages: the significance for western Austronesian typology”
Western Austronesian languages exhibiting symmetrical-voice alternations are frequently categorised as either ‘Philippine-type’ or ‘Indonesian-type’. Both geographic and a range of morphosyntactic criteria are used to distinguish these two subcategories. Despite this, it has been noted that this binary distinction is at times insufficient for describing the variation among these languages. The study provides further evidence of this typological problem, by examining several aspects of morphosyntax in four languages of the Minahasan micro-group of North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
In terms of bound pronominal systems and clausal constituent order, these languages exhibit, to varying degrees, features which are atypical to either subcategory. Additionally, previously described transition processes which might explain the development of these features are shown not to be applicable. Instead, the various language-internal innovations are best described as a result of multiple well attested, and sometimes conflicting, cross-linguistic preferences which occur at various levels of structure. This further illustrates the relevance of these natural-language tendencies more broadly, regardless of other structural considerations such as morphosyntactic alignment or the arrangement of grammatical relations.
Chair
Asako SHIOHARA (ILCAA)
Language
English
Admission
Free
Pre-registration
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Sponsored by
Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing)
General Inquiries
Asako SHIOHARA (ILCAA)
E-mail: asako[at]tufs.ac.jp (Please replace [at] with @)
(Posted 18 April, 2023)
(Updated 8 May, 2023)
