Grammatical voice / Fernando Zúñiga, Seppo Kittilä.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zúñiga, Fernando, author.

Kittilä, Seppo, author.

Series:

Cambridge textbooks in linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammatical categories.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Voice.

Physical Description:

xviii, 292 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"The grammatical category of voice covers a wide range of phenomena, including causatives, applicatives, passives, antipassives, middles, and others. Drawing on data from over 200 languages, Fernando Zúñiga and Seppo Kittilä illustrate the semantic, morphological, and syntactic variation of voice across languages from a range of families and regions. They approach the topic from a broad and explicit perspective, and discuss a variety of topics that are not always regarded as voice, in order to make a clear and useful conceptual delimitation. Clearly organized and accessibly written, the book will be welcomed by students and scholars of linguistics, especially those interested in how grammatical categories work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Changing semantic valency: causatives, applicatives, and related constructions

Changing syntactic valency: passives, antipassives, and related constructions

In search of balance: agent and patient voices

The affected subject: reflexives, reciprocals, and middles

Covert diatheses: uncoded alternations

The fringes of voice

Diachronic aspects of voice

Revisiting voice theory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107159242

1107159245

9781316612125

1316612120

OCLC:

1052875583