| Description |
1 online resource (311 pages) |
| Series |
Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 23 |
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Typological studies in language ; v. 23.
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| Contents |
THE MIDDLE VOICE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Middle Voice Systems; Chapter 3. Reflexive and Associated Middle Situation Types; Chapter 4. Related Semantic Domains; Chapter 5. Diachronic Developments; Chapter 6. Hypotheses and Predictions; Appendix A.A Checklist for Middle Semantics; Appendix B. Data Sources; Bibliography; Indexof Subjects; Indexof Names; Indexof Languages |
| Summary |
This book approaches the middle voice from the perspective of typology and language universals research. The principal aim is to provide a typologically valid characterization of the category of middle voice in terms of which it can be incorporated in a cognitively-based theory of human language. The term "middle voice" has had a wide range of applications in the linguistic literature of this century. The main thesis in this volume is that there is a coherent, though complex, semantic category of middle voice in human language, which receives grammatical instantiation in many languages. The au |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Middle voice.
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Semantics.
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semantics.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Middle voice
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Semantics
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Typology (Linguistics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
93005762 |
| ISBN |
9789027276865 |
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9027276862 |
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1283312913 |
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9781283312912 |
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9786613312914 |
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6613312916 |
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