03626nam 2200553 a 450 991080879420332120200520144314.01-282-16297-7978661216297890-272-9874-2(CKB)1000000000578293(OCoLC)70767206(CaPaEBR)ebrary10014685(SSID)ssj0000281950(PQKBManifestationID)11221712(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281950(PQKBWorkID)10308536(PQKB)10846692(MiAaPQ)EBC622848(EXLCZ)99100000000057829319980924d2000 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrMiddle voice in modern Greek meaning and function of an inflectional category /Linda Joyce Manney1st ed.Amsterdam Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishingc20001 online resource (301 p.) Studies in language companion series,0165-7763 ;v. 48Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-55619-934-1 90-272-3051-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-266) and indexes.MIDDLE VOICE IN MODERN GREEK -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1. Defining the problem -- Chapter 2. Prolegomena to a study of Modern Greek middle voice -- Chapter 3. Experiencer subject structures -- Chapter 4. Agent subject structures -- Chapter 5. Spontaneous change of state, stative, and passive structures -- Chapter 6. Reflexive Structures -- Appendix A: 94 Middle Verbs: Psycho-Emotive Response -- Appendix B: 146 Middle Verbs: Spontaneous Change / Change of State / State -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS).This book provides an in-depth analysis of the inflectional middle category in Modern Greek. Against the theoretical backdrop of cognitive linguistics, it is argued that a wide range of seemingly disparate middle structures in Modern Greek comprise a complex semantic network, and that this network is organized around two prototypical middle event types, which are noninitiative emotional response and spontaneous change of state. In those cases where middle structures have active counterparts, middle and active variants of the same verb stem are compared in order to demonstrate more clearly the semantic distinctions and pragmatic functions encoded by inflectional middle voice in Modern Greek. Major semantic groupings of middle structures treated include emotional response in particular and psycho-emotive experience in general, spontaneous change of state and/or the resulting state, agent-induced events in which an agent subject is (emotionally) involved with or affected by some aspect of the designated situation, passive-like events in which a patient subject is affected by a nonfocal agent, implicit or specified, and reflexive-like events in which a patient subject and an unspecified agent may overlap to varying degrees.Studies in language companion series ;v. 48.Greek language, ModernMiddle voiceGreek language, ModernMiddle voice.489/.35Manney Linda Joyce1600170MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808794203321Middle voice in modern Greek4186663UNINA