Voice form and function /

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Fox, Barbara A., Hopper, Paul J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1994.
Series:Typological studies in language ; v. 27.
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Table of 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.