Voice
Subtitle: form and function
By: edited by Barbara Fox, Paul J. Hopper.
Contributors: Fox, Barbara A.; Hopper, Paul J.
Series: Typological studies in language ;; v. 27
Publisher: J. Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Voice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Active voice and middle diathesis : a cross-linguistic perspective / Manuel Arce-Arenales, Melissa Axelrod, and Barbara A. Fox; title: Voice, aspect, and Aktionsart : middle and passive in ancient Greek / Egbert Bakker; title: A functional typology of antipassives / Ann Cooreman; title: Voice : beyond control and affectedness / William Croft; title: The rise of the Engish get-passive / T. Givón and Lynne Yang; title: Passive participles across languages / Martin Haspelmath; title: Middle voice, transitivity, and the elaboration of events / Suzanne Kemmer; title: On "middle voice" verbs in Mandarin / Charles N. Li and Sandra A. Thmpson; title: The implications of ergativity for a Philippine voice system / Marianne Mithun; title: A tale of two passives in Irish / Michael Noonan; title: The Tupi-Guarani inverse / Doris Payne; title: Passives and alternatives in children's narratives in English, Spanish, German, and Turkish / Dan I. Slobin.