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Evidence from Balinese: Subject-Versus Object-Control Varies According to the Identity of the Verb, but not Necessarily the Probability of the Event Described I Nyoman Aryawibawa; Gede Primahadi Wijaya Rajeg; Ketut Artawa; Ben Ambridge
Jurnal Kajian Bali (Journal of Bali Studies) Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023): Volume 13 No 1 April 2023
Publisher : Universitas Udayana

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24843/JKB.2023.v13.i01.p02

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The objective of the present study was to investigate whether interpretation (Subject-vs-Object control) of an understudied type of control sentence (Sarahi wants someonej [PROi/j] to entertain) depends at least in part on which scenario is most probable. In Study 1, 44 Balinese speakers each rated the relative acceptability of the Subject- and Object-control readings of 272 Balinese sentences of this type. In Study 2, 20 Balinese speakers rated the likelihood of scenarios corresponding to the Subject- and Object-control readings of the sentences from Study 1. Counter to our predictions, however, these ratings did not significantly predict the relative acceptability of the Subject- and Object-control readings from Study 1, apparently because of other, uncontrolled differences between the verbs. We conclude that the question of whether the interpretation of control sentences depends on the relative probability of the scenarios remains unanswered; similar studies in other languages would help resolve this issue
Balinese Spatial System: Language or Culture Affecting It? Aryawibawa, I Nyoman; Clifton L. Pye
Jurnal Kajian Bali (Journal of Bali Studies) Vol. 16 No. 1 (2026): Bali Beyond Bali
Publisher : Universitas Udayana

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24843/JKB.2026.v16.i01.p09

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The present paper was designed to point out if the practice of Balinese spatial system by its speakers is linguistic or cultural in nature. Several scholars indicated, though not dominantly, that the use of a relative system in Balinese spatial system was observed to be used by their research participants. Other scholars in their studies, employing linguistic and nonlinguistic tasks in the production tasks, nevertheless, found out that an absolute system was largely practiced by their research participants. Additionally, there are also quite recent studies investigating the use of Balinese spatial system by local signers in Bengkala village. The findings pointed out that children and adult deaf subjects consistently used pointing in linguistic tasks. However, the child and adult deaf subjects used absolute responses in nonlinguistic tasks. Cultural and Balinese Hindu religious practices seem to guide the use of spatial systems in Balinese.