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Voice : form and function /
The volume's central concern is grammatical voice, traditionally known as diathesis, and its classical manifestations as Active, Middle, and Passive. While numerous problems in the meaning, syntax, and morphology of these categories in Indo-European remain unsolved, their counterparts in more e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1994.
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| Colección: | Typological studies in language ;
27. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The volume's central concern is grammatical voice, traditionally known as diathesis, and its classical manifestations as Active, Middle, and Passive. While numerous problems in the meaning, syntax, and morphology of these categories in Indo-European remain unsolved, their counterparts in more exotic languages have raised still further questions. What discourse functions and diachronic events unite 'voice' as a recognizable phenomenon across languages? How are they typically grammaticalized? What stages do children go through in learning them? How does 'voice' link up with ergativity and with o. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 389 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027276568 9027276560 1283312786 9781283312783 6613312789 9786613312785 |