23.2113, Qs: Malagasy TT and CT Voice Morphology

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Subject: 23.2113, Qs: Malagasy TT and CT Voice Morphology

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Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 10:14:54
From: Takashi Nakajima [agner1 at me.com]
Subject: Malagasy TT and CT Voice Morphology

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I would like to know whether -Vna, the Theme Trigger (TT) and -(C)ana, the 
Circumstantial Trigger (CT) in Malagasy voice morphology are in any way 
related to pronouns in the language. I wonder about this because the 
pronominal paradigm of the language seems to contain (some parts of) the -
Vna/-(C)ana forms. 

Person      NOM       ACC
1sg.        aho       ahy
2sg.        inaao     anao
3sg/pl      izy       azy
1pl., incl  isika     antsika
1pl., excl  izahay    anay
2pl         ianareo   anareo    (Keenan & Polinsky 1998: 557)

The literature I have consulted with does not identify what the TT and CT 
morphemes are, but I believe it could be crucial in accounting for Malagasy 
VOS order. Probably my suspicion is completely off the mark, but I have no 
native speakers of Malagasy around, and my knowledge of the language is 
extremely limited. I need your expertise on this matter. Any hints or 
suggestions are deeply appreciated.

Thank you very much. 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Morphology
                     Syntax






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