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On the questions of Acehnese ‘passive’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

John M. Lawler
John M. Lawler*
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University of Michigan
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The paper of Durie 1988 raises interesting and useful questions about some work I did twelve years ago. Before I consider the substantive issues involved, however, some background is in order about the genesis of that work and the questions it raised.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , March 1988, pp. 114 - 117
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Copyright © 1988 by Linguistic Society of America

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