The middle voice / Suzanne Kemmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kemmer, Suzanne.

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 23.

Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Middle voice.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Typology (Linguistics).

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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

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

Notes:

A revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Stanford University, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31291-3

9786613312914

90-272-7686-2

OCLC:

756484629