Voice : form and function /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Fox, Barbara A., Hopper, Paul J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1994.
Series:	Typological studies in language ; v. 27.
Subjects:	Grammar, Comparative and general > Voice.

Table of Contents:

Active voice and middle diathesis : a cross-linguistic perspective / Manuel Arce-Arenales, Melissa Axelrod, and Barbara A. Fox
Voice, aspect, and Aktionsart : middle and passive in ancient Greek / Egbert Bakker
A functional typology of antipassives / Ann Cooreman
Voice : beyond control and affectedness / William Croft
The rise of the Engish get-passive / T. Givón and Lynne Yang
Passive participles across languages / Martin Haspelmath
Middle voice, transitivity, and the elaboration of events / Suzanne Kemmer
On "middle voice" verbs in Mandarin / Charles N. Li and Sandra A. Thmpson
The implications of ergativity for a Philippine voice system / Marianne Mithun
A tale of two passives in Irish / Michael Noonan
The Tupi-Guarani inverse / Doris Payne
Passives and alternatives in children's narratives in English, Spanish, German, and Turkish / Dan I. Slobin.