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Article
Specification and inversion: Evidence from Malagasy
Austronesian and theoretical linguistics
(2010)
Abstract
This paper analyzes specificational sentences in Malagasy and shows that such sentences involve obligatory inversion, marked by the topic particle dia. I argue that the topicalized element is a small clause predicate that inverts with its subject. Two competing analyses of this inversion are compared and contrasted. I conclude with a brief comparison of Malagasy and Tagalog.
Keywords
- specification,
- inversion,
- topicalization
Disciplines
- Linguistics and
- Syntax
Publication Date
2010
Citation Information
Ileana Paul. "Specification and inversion: Evidence from Malagasy" Austronesian and theoretical linguistics (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ileanapaul/51/