Voice: Form and Function
John Benjamins Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-90-272-2916-8 (ISBN)
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 other categories and constructions such as the Inverse and the Antipassive?
The authors in this volume have different perspectives on these problems: they discuss voice, e.g., from a typological-universal view, in relation to language acquisition and to ergativity, and from diachronic and cross-linguistic perspectives.
1. Abbreviations; 2. Introduction; 3. Active Voice and Middle Diathesis: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective (by Arce-Arenales, Manuel); 4. Voice, Aspect and Aktionsart: Middle and Passive in Ancient Greek (by Bakker, Egbert J.); 5. A Functional Typology of Antipassives (by Cooreman, Ann); 6. Voice: Beyond Control and Affectedness (by Croft, William A.); 7. The Rise of the English GET-Passive (by Givon, T.); 8. Passive Participles across Languages (by Haspelmath, Martin); 9. Middle Voice, Transitivity, and the Elaboration of Events (by Kemmer, Suzanne); 10. On "Middle Voice" Verbs in Mandarin (by Li, Charles N.); 11. The Implications of Ergativity for a Philippine Voice System (by Mithun, Marianne); 12. A Tale of Two Passives in Irish (by Noonan, Michael); 13. The Tupi-Guarani Inverse (by Payne, Doris L.); 14. Passives and Alternatives in Children's Narratives in English, Spanish, German, and Turkish; 15. Index of Languages; 16. Index of Subjects
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.4.1994 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Typological Studies in Language ; 27 |
| Verlagsort | Amsterdam |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 520 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft |
| ISBN-10 | 90-272-2916-3 / 9027229163 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-272-2916-8 / 9789027229168 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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