Chapter 5: The Agent-centredness of the transitive paradigm

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents ix
3. Part I: Theoretical Premises
4. Chapter 1: Introduction 3
5. Chapter 2: The semantics of causative constructions 21
6. Chapter 3: The semantics of causative verbs 49
7. Part II: Case Studies
8. Chapter 4: Lexically determined flexibility and constraints 71
9. Chapter 5: The Agent-centredness of the transitive paradigm 99
10. Chapter 6: The Medium-centredness of the ergative paradigm 149
11. Chapter 7: Complexities of the transitive-ergative interplay 191
12. Chapter 8: Summary and evaluation 221
13. References 243
14. Dictionaries 255
15. Corpus References 256
16. Glossary 257
17. Index of Names 259
18. Index of Subjects 262