Voice [electronic resource] : form and function / edited by Barbara Fox, Paul J. Hopper.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Typological studies in language ; v. 27.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1994.Description: xiii, 377 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 415 20
LOC classification:
  • P281 .V57 1994eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Active voice and middle diathesis : a cross-linguistic perspective / Manuel Arce-Arenales, Melissa Axelrod, and Barbara A. Fox -- Voice, aspect, and Aktionsart : middle and passive in ancient Greek / Egbert Bakker -- A functional typology of antipassives / Ann Cooreman -- Voice : beyond control and affectedness / William Croft -- The rise of the Engish get-passive / T. Givón and Lynne Yang -- Passive participles across languages / Martin Haspelmath -- Middle voice, transitivity, and the elaboration of events / Suzanne Kemmer -- On "middle voice" verbs in Mandarin / Charles N. Li and Sandra A. Thmpson -- The implications of ergativity for a Philippine voice system / Marianne Mithun -- A tale of two passives in Irish / Michael Noonan -- The Tupi-Guarani inverse / Doris Payne -- Passives and alternatives in children's narratives in English, Spanish, German, and Turkish / Dan I. Slobin.
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Active voice and middle diathesis : a cross-linguistic perspective / Manuel Arce-Arenales, Melissa Axelrod, and Barbara A. Fox -- Voice, aspect, and Aktionsart : middle and passive in ancient Greek / Egbert Bakker -- A functional typology of antipassives / Ann Cooreman -- Voice : beyond control and affectedness / William Croft -- The rise of the Engish get-passive / T. Givón and Lynne Yang -- Passive participles across languages / Martin Haspelmath -- Middle voice, transitivity, and the elaboration of events / Suzanne Kemmer -- On "middle voice" verbs in Mandarin / Charles N. Li and Sandra A. Thmpson -- The implications of ergativity for a Philippine voice system / Marianne Mithun -- A tale of two passives in Irish / Michael Noonan -- The Tupi-Guarani inverse / Doris Payne -- Passives and alternatives in children's narratives in English, Spanish, German, and Turkish / Dan I. Slobin.

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