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IP IP
TP TP
T’ T’
VoiceP VoiceP
Voice’ Patient Voice’
mi- VP ma- VP
Agent V’ Agent V’
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V Patient V
Figure 4. mi- (revised, Liu, 2003, p. 118) Figure 5. ma- (revised, Liu, 2003, p. 125)
The proposals reviewed so far all focus on the theta-agreement between voice
markers and the nominative NP. In the remainder of this section, I review a proposal on
morpheme deletion (Travis, 2005) by which this study proposes some adjustments for
Amis.
1.2.5 Morpheme deletion (Travis, 2005)
Travis (2005) proposes that morpheme realization in Tagalog and Malagasy can be
understood by morpheme deletion. For instance, by comparing Tagalog ‘climb’ akyat and
‘X makes Y climb’ magpaakyat or papagakyatin, it is found that if the causer is the
subject, then the lower pag- (causative) is deleted whereas if the causee is the subject, the
higher pag- is deleted.
magpaakyat m-pag-pa-pag-akyat Causer Subject
papagakyat-in m-pag-pa-pag-akyat-in Causee Subject