Grammatical Voice

ISBN-13: 9781107159242 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 310 str.

Fernando Zuniga; Seppo Kittila

Opis

The first ever textbook devoted to the cross-linguistic study of voice, covering various topics and discussing data from numerous languages.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Changing semantic valency: causatives, applicatives, and related constructions; 3. Changing syntactic valency: passives, antipassives, and related constructions; 4. In search of balance: agent and patient voices; 5. The affected subject: reflexives, reciprocals, and middles; 6. Covert diatheses: uncoded alternations; 7. The fringes of voice; 8. Diachronic aspects of voice; 9. Revisiting voice theory.