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Voice and inversion / edited by T. Givon.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Typological studies in language ; v. 28.
- Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Voice.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Pragmatics.
- Semantics.
- Typology (Linguistics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (410 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection aims first to establish a structure-independent, language-independent definition of pragmatic voice, and more specifically then a universal functional definition of "inverse". The grammar and pragmatic function of the four major voice constructions - direct-active, inverse, passive, antipassive - are surveyed using narrative texts from 14 languages: Koyukon (Athabascan), Plains Cree (Algonquian), Chepang (Tibeto-Burman), Squamish and Bella Coola (Salish), Sahaptin (Sahaptian), Kutenai (isolate), Surinam Carib (Carib), Spanish and Greek (Indo-European), Korean, Maasai (Nilotic),
- Contents:
- VOICE AND INVERSION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Abbreviations; I. INTRODUCTION; The pragmatics of de-transitive voice: Functional and typological aspects of inversion*; II.MORPHOLOGICAL INVERSES; Passives and inverse constructions; The discourse function of the Kutenai inverse1; Direct, inverse and passive in Northwest Sahaptin*; The inverse in Squamish; De-transitive clauses in Bella Coola:Passive vs. Inverse; APPENDIX: The diachronic development of the Bella Coola morphology; The pragmatics of de-transitive voice in Spanish: From passive to inverse?
- Semantic and pragmatic inverse: 'Inverse alignment' and inverse voice' in Carib of SurinamIII. WORD-ORDER INVERSES; The pragmatics of Modern Greek voice: Active, inverse and passive; The pragmatics of voice in Korean; Active, inverse and passive in Maasai; The pragmatics of voice in a Philippine language: Actor-focus and goal-focus in Cebuano narrative; Voice and ergativity in Karao
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-31277-8
- 9786613312778
- 90-272-7655-2
- OCLC:
- 756484666
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