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Transitivity alternations in diachrony : changes in argument structure and voice morphology / by Nikolaos Lavidas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lavidas, Nikolaos.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical linguistics.
- English language--Transitivity.
- English language.
- Greek language--Transitivity.
- Greek language.
- English language--Morphology.
- Greek language--Morphology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ?his book offers a new approach to the theory of change in argument structure and voice morphology. It investigates the diachrony of transitivity, and especially the changes in causative verbs and transitivity alternations, based on data mainly from the Greek and English diachrony (all historical data are transcribed and accompanied by glosses and translations into Modern English). Data from earlier periods provide new information on burning questions in both Historical and Theoretical Lingui...
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-58809-5
- 9786612588099
- 1-4438-1810-0
- OCLC:
- 830167609
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