Patterns of Passivisation in the Matu-Daro Melanau Dialect
This study provides a preliminary description of passivisation in Matu-Daro Melanau, an underdocumented dialect spoken mainly in the Matu and Daro districts of Sarawak, Malaysia. It examines how selected transitive verb roots differ from forms elicited with passive meanings and asks whether the alternations can be orga...