Patientive Absolutive Verbal Morphology and Passive in Samoan [electronic resource] / Kenneth William Cook.

A study of the Samoan "-cia" suffix is presented. It argues that, contrary to prevailing theory, Samoan does have an active/passive contrast but that it is indicated by a difference in word order rather than by verbal morphology. It is shown, however, that "-cia" is similar to a...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Cook, Kenneth William
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987.
Subjects:	Language Research. Linguistic Theory. Morphemes. Morphology (Languages) Samoan. Suffixes. Tenses (Grammar) Uncommonly Taught Languages. Verbs.