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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:58:50
From: Jolanda Rozendaal [gw.uilots.lot at uu.nl]
Subject: Phrasal Alternation in Kerinci: Ernanda

 


Title: Phrasal Alternation in Kerinci 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl/phrasal-alternation-in-kerinci 


Author: Nanda Ernanda

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460932403 Pages:  Price: ----  


Abstract:

This dissertation is a descriptive study of a linguistic phenomenon known as
phrasal alternation, focusing on the endangered Pondok Tinggi (PT) dialect of
Kerinci, spoken in Indonesia. Phrasal alternation is unique to Kerinci
varieties. In essence, almost every Kerinci word displays two forms, labeled
absolute and oblique. These forms differ in the shape of their final-syllable
rime (for instance kursai ABS, kursei OBL ‘chair’).

Phrasal alternation, as the term indicates, occurs on the level of the phrase.
The absolute form denotes genericity and neutrality, whereas the oblique form
is used with a restricting specification (i.e. a patient in active
constructions, an agent in passive constructions, a possessor in noun phrases,
etc.). This specification can be overt or covert. General rules determine the
patterns of phrasal alternation, but a variety of details and exceptions
across grammatical categories make this process less predictable.

An additional mechanism is the so-called K/G-word alternation. G-words are
defined as words containing a non-prenasalized voiced obstruent, whereas
K-words do not. Like phrasal alternation, this mechanism also affects the
vowel quality of the final rime. G-words trigger higher phonological
realizations than K-words.

Therefore, the shape of most of PT lexicon depends on two oppositions:
absolute vs. oblique and K-word vs. G-word. This four-way distinction is at
the core of Kerinci word formation.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Phonology
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Kerinci (kvr)


Written In: English  (eng)

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