Malagasy clause structure

i Acknowledgements ii Abbreviations iii Table of contents iv Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1 Voice 1 2 Voice in Austronesian 4 2.1 Structure 4 2.2 Semantics 5 2.3 Theta roles 6 3 Malagasy 7 3.1 Word order 8 3.2 Voice 12 3.3 Morphology 13 4 Theoretical assumptions 16 5 Organization of the thesis 17 Chapter 2: Theme Topic 19

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