A Grammar of Madurese

324 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure (135) b. Siti ma-tedhung baji'-eng. Siti AV.CS-sleep baby-DEF ‘Siti put her b ...

Causatives 325 However, the basic outline sketched above is relatively robust and noteworthy for that reason. It is also strikin ...

326 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure c. Samidin lo' e-pa-lako bi’ jaragan-na. Samidin not OV-CS.AV-work by boss-DE ...

The role of -e and -agi 327 followed by theme (here tanangnga ‘their hands’). However, the theme can precede the causee, in whic ...

328 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure indicates that an argument that is syntactically oblique in the basic usage o ...

The role of -e and -agi 329 In (168), ang marks the topic (subject) of the clause. In (168a), the actor, babae ‘woman’ is subjec ...

330 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure barung ‘small shop’ marung ‘run a barung’ kole ‘day laborer’ ngole ‘work as a ...

The role of -e and -agi 331 treat some of these as ‘possible, but odd’, sometimes distinctly so. More impor- tantly, actual usag ...

332 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure verbs occur in the object voice, thus indicating that an important if not pri ...

The role of -e and -agi 333 any other account. There are instances of the suffix that clearly do not conform to such an analysis ...

334 Chapter 10 Modifications to argument structure Finally, the existence of a dedicated causative prefix, pa-, adds another var ...

Chapter 11 Complex sentences 1. Coordination When neither of the combined clauses dominates, Madurese has a variety of different ...

336 Chapter 11 Complex sentences In (1) ban conjoins the two clauses, while in (4) attempting to coordinate the clauses with so ...

Coordination 337 The situation in (9) points to the fact that meanings in Madurese declara- tive clauses are not absolute but de ...

338 Chapter 11 Complex sentences Perhaps the most commonly preferred form of coordination is parataxis, the juxtaposition of two ...

Coordination 339 (20) Rohima lo' ngenom kopi otaba teh. Rohima not AV.drink coffee or tea ‘Rohima doesn’t drink coffee or tea.’ ...

340 Chapter 11 Complex sentences (26) Ebu' namen tomat e seddi'-eng roma bi' e antara-na mother AV.plant tomato at side-DEF hous ...

Complementation 341 (30) Paman manceng ban/*bi' a-massa' juko' jiya. uncle AV.pole and AV-cook fish this ‘Uncle caught and cooke ...

342 Chapter 11 Complex sentences The first broad categorization that can be identified is whether the com- plement clause may ta ...

Complementation 343 (37) Siti lo' tao ja' Ina mangkat dha' Jakarta are Kemmes. Siti not know COMP Ina leave to Jakarta day Thurs ...