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Passivization and Typology
Form and function
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Werner Abraham
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English
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2006
About this book
Is the passive a unified universal phenomenon? The claim derived from this volume is that the passive, if not universal, has become unified according to function. Language as a means of communication needs the passive, or passive-like constructions, and sooner or later develops them based on other voices (impersonal active, middle, reflexive), specific semantic meanings such as adversativity, or tense-aspect categories (stative,perfect, preterit). Certain contributors review the passives in various languages and language groups, including languages rarely discussed. Another group of contributors takes a novel theoretical approach toward passivization within a broad typological perspective. Among the languages discussed are Vedic, Irish, Mandarin Chinese, Thai, Lithuanian, Mordvin, and Nganasan, next to almost all European languages. Various theoretical frameworks such as Optimality Theory, Modern Structuralist Approaches, Role and Reference Grammar, Cognitive Semantics, Distributed Morphology, and Case Grammar have been applied by the different authors.
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Konstantin Krasukhin, Moskau, in Linguistische Berichte 213, 2008:
Der Band wird linguistisch gut Eingearbeitete und vor allem Typologen ansprechen. Die vertretenen Sprachen ergeben, soweit wie überseebar ist, ein viel vollständigeres Bild zur Passivkonstruktion als in bisher erschienenen Werken zum Thema. Bemerkenswert is auch, dass die Einleitung (aus der hand Abrahams) sich nicht mit der Aufzählung der einzelne Beiträge und ihrer Kurzwiedergabe begnügt, sondern ein sehr weites Spektrum an Beobachtungen und theoretisch dimensionierten Lösungen zum Thema bestreicht – gewiss originell und zu Nachahmung emfehlbar.
Der Band wird linguistisch gut Eingearbeitete und vor allem Typologen ansprechen. Die vertretenen Sprachen ergeben, soweit wie überseebar ist, ein viel vollständigeres Bild zur Passivkonstruktion als in bisher erschienenen Werken zum Thema. Bemerkenswert is auch, dass die Einleitung (aus der hand Abrahams) sich nicht mit der Aufzählung der einzelne Beiträge und ihrer Kurzwiedergabe begnügt, sondern ein sehr weites Spektrum an Beobachtungen und theoretisch dimensionierten Lösungen zum Thema bestreicht – gewiss originell und zu Nachahmung emfehlbar.
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Form vs. function - a confined survey into the research status quo Werner Abraham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Active–passive and reflexives
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Emma Š. Geniušienė Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Reconstructing the early Vedic passive paradigm Leonid Kulikov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Triggers — aspectual, semantic, and discourse-pragmatic: case studies
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Brian Nolan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Jun-ichi Toyota and Melisa Mustafović Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Larisa Leisiö Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Actor demotion
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Passive and impersonal constructions in some European languages Andrea Sansó Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Dedicated to Emma Geniusiene Björn Wiemer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Grammaticalization in long-term diachrony
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A diachronic perspective T. Givón Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Argument structure and case
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Actor demotion
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Dalina Kallulli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Event semantics — Aspectual and semantic triggers
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Syntactic vs. event semantic triggers. "Argument Hypothesis" vs. "Aspect Hypothesis" Werner Abraham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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voice suspended under aspectual conditions Werner Abraham and Elisabeth Leiss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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The role of the adjectival passive Monika Rathert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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