Structure Is Not Syntax: Passive Functions in Tukang Besi
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The passive construction in Tukang Besi demonstrates a striking break between the morphosyntactically coded properties of its argument and the syntactic privileges that are displayed (or, rather, not displayed) by that argument. An analysis in terms of very simple predicate logic is advanced that not only accounts for the passive data very simply, but makes a number of other surprising predictions about the language, which are borne out by empirical data.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005