Issues in Austronesian Morphology: A Focusschrift for Byron W. Bender

affix agent alternations analysis appear associated Austronesian base Batak butterfly Byron Central clitics cognate common considered construction contain corresponding derived direct discussion distinction earlier ergative Erromangan evidence example expressed fact Fijian final forms function Gilbertese given grammatical historical Ilokano independent intransitive Isneg kali kind languages leech lexical Linguistics Malay Manam Maranao marked markers meaning morpheme morphology names nominals noted noun object occur Oceanic original Pacific paradigm passive pattern person singular phonological plural Polynesian possessive possessor possible prefix present Press pro-names problem pronominal pronouns Proto Proto Oceanic qali qali/kali qaliN reconstructed reduplication reference reflect reflexes relational respectively root rule s.th semantic short similar spirit stems structure Studies suffix suggests Table thematic consonants third person Toqabaqita transitive suffix transitive verbs tree University variants vowel