Voice and Pluractionality in Äiwoo

IF 0.4 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI:10.1353/ol.2023.0001

Åshild Næss

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Abstract

Abstract:This paper examines the uses of the prefix e- (ve-) in Äiwoo, an Oceanic language of the Temotu subgroup. It argues that the functions of this prefix can be subsumed under the label pluractionality, and that it is a likely reflex of the Proto-Oceanic prefix *paRi-. However, the distribution of the Äiwoo pluractional prefix is unusual in that it most common by far with intransitive position verbs; it can also occur on transitive verbs, but this is infrequent in the available data. This paper argues that this distribution is linked to the fact that Äiwoo has a distinct transitive actor voice which covers many of the typical pluractional functions with transitives. This is particularly clear when one compares Äiwoo (v)e- to its likely cognate (v)ö- in the Santa Cruz languages, which only applies to transitive verbs with detransitivizing functions; many of the functions of SC (v)ö- are covered by the actor voice in Äiwoo. The fact that Äiwoo appears to retain both a reflex of *paRi- and an actor voice/undergoer voice distinction may provide new perspectives on the history of *paRi-, since most Oceanic languages have lost the voice distinction; this may have led to an expansion of the functions of *paRi-, as suggested by the comparison between Äiwoo and the Santa Cruz languages.

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Äiwoo的语态和复数性

摘要：本文考察了前缀e-（ve-）在Temotu子群的海洋语Éiwoo中的使用。它认为，这个前缀的功能可以被包含在标签复数下，并且它可能是原始海洋前缀*paRi-的反射。然而，Éiwoo复数前缀的分布是不寻常的，因为它迄今为止最常见于不及物位置动词；它也可以出现在及物动词上，但在现有数据中并不常见。本文认为，这种分布与以下事实有关：艾沃有一个独特的及物行动者声音，它涵盖了许多具有及物性的典型复数函数。这一点在圣克鲁斯语言中尤其明显，当人们将其可能的同源词（v）ö-与Éiwoo（v）e进行比较时，它只适用于具有去翻译功能的及物动词；SC（v）ö-的许多功能都被Éiwoo中的演员配音所覆盖。事实上，Éiwoo似乎保留了*paRi的反射和演员声音/观众声音的区别，这可能为*paRi-的历史提供了新的视角，因为大多数海洋语言已经失去了声音的区别；这可能导致了*paRi-函数的扩展，正如艾维语和圣克鲁斯语之间的比较所表明的那样。

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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期刊介绍： Oceanic Linguistics is the only journal devoted exclusively to the study of the indigenous languages of the Oceanic area and parts of Southeast Asia. The thousand-odd languages within the scope of the journal are the aboriginal languages of Australia, the Papuan languages of New Guinea, and the languages of the Austronesian (or Malayo-Polynesian) family. Articles in Oceanic Linguistics cover issues of linguistic theory that pertain to languages of the area, report research on historical relations, or furnish new information about inadequately described languages.