Voice and Inversion

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23566526
EditoresT Givón (University of Oregon)
Ano1994
Data de publicação1994-05-30
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoVoice and inversion (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/tsl.28
OpenAlexW1998897531
ISBN9789027229175
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas30

This collection aims first to establish a structure-independent, language-independent definition of pragmatic voice, and more specifically then a universal functional definition of “inverse”. The grammar and pragmatic function of the four major voice constructions direct-active, inverse, passive, antipassive are surveyed using narrative texts from 14 languages: Koyukon (Athabascan), Plains Cree (Algonquian), Chepang (Tibeto-Burman), Squamish and Bella Coola (Salish), Sahaptin (Sahaptian), Kutenai (isolate), Surinam Carib (Carib), Spanish and Greek (Indo-European), Korean, Maasai (Nilotic), Cebuano and Karao (Philippine). The comparative quantified study of pragmatic voice functions tests the validity of a universal functional definition of voice and in particular of “inverse”. The cross-language comparison of grammatical structures that code the various voice functions then lays down the foundation for a non-trivial cross-language typology of “inverse”.

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