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Causatives and Transitivity.

This volume brings together 18 typological studies of causative and related constructions (transitivity, voice, other expressions of cause) by 19 scholars from North America, Western Europe, and Russia. The inspirations for the volume is the pioneering work on causative constructions by the Leningra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Comrie, Bernard
Otros Autores: Polinsky, Maria
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.
Colección:Studies in language companion series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume brings together 18 typological studies of causative and related constructions (transitivity, voice, other expressions of cause) by 19 scholars from North America, Western Europe, and Russia. The inspirations for the volume is the pioneering work on causative constructions by the Leningrad Typology Group; several of the contributors have close connections to the charter members of that group, others have appreciated this work from a distance. The volume as a whole is based on the concept of causative constructions as embracing both morphology and syntax, with an important semantic c.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (412 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027285867
9027285861
9786613092700
6613092703
1283092700
9781283092708
ISSN:0165-7763 ;