Locative-Related Roles and the Argument-Adjunct Distinction in Balinese

This paper uses the realisation of locative-related roles in Balinese to show that there is no clear-cut distinction between arguments and adjuncts, supporting the gradient nature of grammatical functions (cf. Croft 2001; Langacker 1987; Aarts 2007). It argues that argumenthood is not wholly a prope...

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Main Author: I Wayan Arka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dartmouth College Library 2014-01-01
Series:Linguistic Discovery
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.446