The Reconstruction of a Dual Pronoun to Proto Malayo-Polynesian

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dc.contributor.authorReid, Lawrence A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-07T17:27:42Z
dc.date.available2014-05-07T17:27:42Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe presence of first person dual pronouns in contrast with first person inclusive pronouns in many Western Malayo-Polynesian languages such as those in the Philippines is common knowledge. Cysouw (2003:154) labels such systems as ‘Maranao-type’ and renames ‘dual’ and ‘inclusive’ as ‘minimal inclusive (1+2),’ and ‘augmented inclusive (1+2+3),’ respectively, noting their widespread occurrence in other language families.2 The form of the dual pronoun, especially in many Philippine languages, kita ‘NEUT 1+2’,3 =ta ‘genitive 1+2’, compared with reconstructed Proto Austronesian *ita ‘NEUT 1+2+3’ (Ross 2006) suggests that the dual pronoun was originally a first person inclusive pronoun, the reference of which has been restricted to a single first person and a single second person.
dc.format.extent18 pages
dc.identifier.citationReid, Lawrence. "The Reconstruction of a Dual Pronoun to Proto Malayo-Polynesian." In Discovering History Through Language. Papers in Honour of Malcolm Ross, edited by Bethwyn Evans, 461-477. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 2009.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/33039
dc.subjectProto-Malayo-Polynesian
dc.subjectPronominal systems
dc.subject.lcshHistorical linguistics
dc.subject.lcshLinguistic change
dc.subject.lcshProto-Polynesian language
dc.titleThe Reconstruction of a Dual Pronoun to Proto Malayo-Polynesian
dc.typeBook Chapter

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