Introduction

Chapters in this book

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