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Voice and inversion

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Additional Authors

Givón, Talmy, 1936-

Description

viii, 402 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Series Statement

Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 28

Uniform Title

Typological studies in language ; v. 28.

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Contents

The pragmatics of de-transitive voice: Functional and typological aspects of inversion / T. Givon -- Passive and inverse constructions / Chad Thompson -- The discourse function of the Kutenai inverse / Matthew S. Dryer -- Direct, inverse and passive in Northwest Sahaptin / Noel Rude -- The inverse in Squamish / Peter Jacobs -- The de-transitive clauses in Bella Coola: Passive vs. Inverse / Linda B. Forrest -- The pragmatics of de-transitive voice in Spanish: From passive to inverse? / Raquel Hidalgo -- Semantic and pragmatic inverse: 'Inverse alignment' and 'inverse voice' in Carib of Surinam / Spike Gildea -- The pragmatics of Modern Greek voice: Active, inverse and passive / Katy Roland -- The pragmatics of voice in Korean / Inhee Lee Kwak -- Active, inverse and passive in Maasai / Doris Payne, Mitsuyo Hamaya and Peter Jacobs.
The pragmatics of voice in a Philippine language: Actor-focus and goal-focus in Cebuano narrative / Thomas E. Payne -- Voice and ergativity in Karao / Sherri Brainard.

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94014762

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Princeton University Library