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Autore |
Lavidas Nikolaos |
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Titolo |
Transitivity alternations in diachrony : changes in argument structure and voice morphology / / by Nikolaos Lavidas |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-58809-5 |
9786612588099 |
1-4438-1810-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Historical linguistics |
English language - Transitivity |
Greek language - Transitivity |
English language - Morphology |
Greek language - Morphology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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?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... |
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