Direct Voice ( Concept )
http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/DirectVoice
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|_ Linguistic Property
|_ Morphosyntactic Property
|_ Voice Property
|_ Direct Voice
Definition:
Direct voice signals that the action proceeds in an ontologically salient way, i.e. that salience is assigned to nominals based on their referent's relative real-world capacities to control situations. [Klaiman 1991: 32]
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In Plains Cree, the direct voice signals that the action proceeds in an ontologically salient way, i.e. that salience is assigned to nominals based on their referen'ts relative real-world capacities to control situations.
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References:
Klaiman (1991:32) FROM Wolfart (1973:25)
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