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Transitivity alternations in diachrony : changes in argument structure and voice morphology /

His book offers a new approach to the theory of change in argument structure and voice morphology. It investigates the diachrony of transitivity, and especially the changes in causative verbs and transitivity alternations, based on data mainly from the Greek and English diachrony (all historical dat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lavidas, Nikolaos
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:His book offers a new approach to the theory of change in argument structure and voice morphology. It investigates the diachrony of transitivity, and especially the changes in causative verbs and transitivity alternations, based on data mainly from the Greek and English diachrony (all historical data are transcribed and accompanied by glosses and translations into Modern English). Data from earlier periods provide new information on burning questions in both Historical and Theoretical Lingui ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (325 pages)
ISBN:9781443817493
144381749X