Friday1st August,2014 15:32 page:(i) Voice and v Friday1st August,2014 15:32 page:(ii) LinguisticInquiryMonographs SamuelJayKeyser,GeneralEditor AcompletelistofbookspublishedintheLinguisticInquiryMonographsseries appearsatthebackofthisbook. Friday1st August,2014 15:32 page:(iii) Voice and v LessonsfromAcehnese JulieAnneLegate TheMITPress Cambridge,Massachusetts London,England Friday1st August,2014 15:32 page:(iv) ©2014MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storageandretrieval)withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. MITPressbooksmaybepurchasedatspecialquantitydiscountsforbusinessorsales promotionaluse.Forinformation,[email protected]. ThisbookwassetinTimes-RomanbydiacriTech,Chennai.Printedandboundinthe UnitedStatesofAmerica. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Legate,JulieAnne,1972- Voiceandv:lessonsfromAcehnese/JulieAnneLegate. pagescm.—(Linguisticinquirymonographs;69) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN 978-0-262-02814-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-262-52660-9 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Achinese language—Voice. 2. Achinese language—Syntax. 3.Achineselanguage—Grammar.I.Title. PL5192.L442014 499’.224256—dc23 2014010629 10987654321 Friday1st August,2014 15:32 page:(v) TotheLegate-Yangs:RussellandVivian Friday1st August,2014 15:32 page:(vii) Contents SeriesForeword ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 PassiveVoice 9 2.1 Thele-ConstructionasPassiveVoice 11 2.2 TheVerbalPrefixasVoice 27 3 ObjectVoice 47 3.1 TheAcehneseBareConstruction 49 3.2 PassiveVoiceversusObjectVoice 64 3.3 Summary 82 Appendix:IntertwinedA-andA¯-Movement 83 4 AClineofPassives 85 5 VoiceandCausatives 111 5.1 Voiceandv 112 5.2 CausativesofUnergativesandTransitives 119 6 Conclusion 141 Notes 143 References 163 Index 185 SeriesList 191 Friday1st August,2014 15:32 page:(ix) Series Foreword Wearepleasedtopresentthesixty-ninthvolumeintheseriesLinguisticInquiry Monographs. These monographs present new and original research beyond the scope of the article. We hope they will benefit our field by bringing to it perspectivesthatwillstimulatefurtherresearchandinsight. Originallypublishedin limited edition,theLinguisticInquiryMonographs are now more widely available. This change is due to the great interest engenderedbytheseriesandbytheneedsofagrowingreadership.Theeditors thank the readers for their support and welcome suggestions about future directionsfortheseries. SamuelJayKeyser fortheEditorialBoard