The middle voice [[electronic resource] /] / Suzanne Kemmer

• Autore: Kemmer Suzanne
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Middle voice; Typology (Linguistics); Semantics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: A revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Stanford University, 1988.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Middle voice
• ISBN: 1-283-31291-3; 9786613312914; 90-272-7686-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458024403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Typological studies in language ; ; v. 23.