{"product_id":"voice-and-v-lessons-from-acehnese-9780262526609","title":"Voice and V: Lessons from Acehnese","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Julie Anne Legate\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - Syntax\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigation of the syntactic structure of voice and v, using Acehnese (Malayo-Polynesian) as the empirical starting point.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eVoice and v, \u003c\/i\u003eJulie Anne Legate investigates the syntactic structure of voice, using Acehnese as the empirical starting point. A central claim is that voice is encoded in a functional projection, VoiceP, which is distinct from, and higher than, vP. Legate further claims that VoiceP may be associated with phi-features that semantically restrict the external argument position but do not saturate it. Through minor variations in the properties of VoiceP, Legate explains a wide range of non-canonical voice constructions, including: agent-agreeing passives, grammatical object passives, impersonals, object voice constructions, and applicative voice in causatives. Her analysis draws on data from a typologically diverse set of languages, not only Malayo-Polynesian, but also Celtic, Scandinavian, and Slavic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice and v\u003c\/i\u003e provides a detailed investigation into the syntactic structure of an understudied Malayo-Polynesian language, and thereby reveals important insights for the theoretical analysis of voice and the verb phrase. Moreover, the work applies and broadens these insights to a range of related passive-like constructions crosslinguistically. \u003ci\u003eVoice and v\u003c\/i\u003e thus joins a handful of model volumes that enlist typological depth and breadth to further our development of modern linguistic theory. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46487568711831,"sku":"9780262526609","price":5634.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780262526609.jpg?v=1766334884","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/voice-and-v-lessons-from-acehnese-9780262526609","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}