This paper studies the bound morpheme -hi-, traditionally known as passive morpheme, in the light of the synatactic approach to word formation. -hi- is classified into -hi[anticausative] and -hi[passive] based on its semantic feature. The Lexical Repr...
This paper studies the bound morpheme -hi-, traditionally known as passive morpheme, in the light of the synatactic approach to word formation. -hi- is classified into -hi[anticausative] and -hi[passive] based on its semantic feature. The Lexical Representation for -hi- is proposed in such a way that it brings about two lexical operations i.e. anticausativization and lexical passive formation. It is argued that the two lexical operations are not triggered by and explicit morphosyntactic rule but derived by independent principles for word formation.
It is proposed that the attachment of -hi[anticausative] to a certain verb brings about anticausativization, which deletes the external argument of the verb in the Lixicon.
while that of -hi[passive]- results in a passive lexicalization, which externalizes an internal argument of the verb.. The attachment of -hi- to a certain V is predicted such that -hi[anticausative] is to attach only to V[+causative] and -hi-[passive] only to V[-causative]. Such complementary distribution of -hi- is to be accounted for by the No Vacuous Affixation Principle.