The Rise of the English GET-Passive

T. Givón; Lynne Yang

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T. Givón and Lynne Yang

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Givón, T. and Yang, Lynne. "The Rise of the English GET-Passive". Voice: Form and Function, edited by Barbara A. Fox and Paul J. Hopper, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1994, pp. 119-150. https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.27.07giv

Givón, T. & Yang, L. (1994). The Rise of the English GET-Passive. In B. Fox & P. Hopper (Ed.), Voice: Form and Function (pp. 119-150). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.27.07giv

Givón, T. and Yang, L. 1994. The Rise of the English GET-Passive. In: Fox, B. and Hopper, P. ed. Voice: Form and Function. John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 119-150. https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.27.07giv

Givón, T. and Yang, Lynne. "The Rise of the English GET-Passive" In Voice: Form and Function edited by Barbara A. Fox and Paul J. Hopper, 119-150. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1994. https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.27.07giv

Givón T, Yang L. The Rise of the English GET-Passive. In: Fox B, Hopper P (ed.) Voice: Form and Function. John Benjamins Publishing Company; 1994. p.119-150. https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.27.07giv

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Prelim pages i
Table of contents v
Abbreviations vii
Introduction ix
Active Voice and Middle Diathesis 1
Voice, Aspect and Aktionsart 23
A Functional Typology of Antipassives 49
Voice 89
The Rise of the English GET-Passive 119
Passive Participles across Languages 151
Middle Voice, Transitivity, and the Elaboration of Events 179
On “Middle Voice” Verbs in Mandarin 231
The Implications of Ergativity for a Philippine Voice System 247
A Tale of Two Passives in Irish 279
The Tupí-Guaraní Inverse 313
Passives and Alternatives in Children’s Narratives in English, Spanish, German, and Turkish 341
Index of Languages 365
Index of Subjects 369

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Chapters in this book

Prelim pages i
Table of contents v
Abbreviations vii
Introduction ix
Active Voice and Middle Diathesis 1
Voice, Aspect and Aktionsart 23
A Functional Typology of Antipassives 49
Voice 89
The Rise of the English GET-Passive 119
Passive Participles across Languages 151
Middle Voice, Transitivity, and the Elaboration of Events 179
On “Middle Voice” Verbs in Mandarin 231
The Implications of Ergativity for a Philippine Voice System 247
A Tale of Two Passives in Irish 279
The Tupí-Guaraní Inverse 313
Passives and Alternatives in Children’s Narratives in English, Spanish, German, and Turkish 341
Index of Languages 365
Index of Subjects 369

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