Passive and Voice (Typological Studies in Language)

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eBook Title: Passive and Voice (Typological Studies in Language)
ISBN10: 1556190190
ISBN13: 978-1556190193
Language: English
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company (January 1, 1988)
Category: Reference
Subcategory: Words, Language & Grammar
Size ePub vers.: 1415 kb
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Rating: 4.6
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Pages: 718 pages

This volume brings together 18 original papers dealing with voice-related phenomena.The languages dealt with represent both typological and geographic diversity, ranging from accusative-type languages to ergative-type and Philippine-type languages, and from Australia to Africa and Siberia. The studies presented here open up many possibilities for theorizing and offer data inviting formal treatments, but the most important contribution they make is in terms of the insights they offer for a better understanding of the fundamentals of voice phenomena.