Voice : form and function

Author(s)

• Fox, Barbara A.
• Hopper, Paul J.

Bibliographic Information

Voice : form and function

edited by Barbara Fox, Paul J. Hopper

（Typological studies in language, v. 27）

John Benjamins, 1994

• : us : hbk
• : us : pbk
• : eur : hbk
• : eur : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographies and indexes

Contents of Works

• Active voice and middle diathesis : a cross-linguistic perspective / Manuel Arce-Arenales, Melissa Axelrod, and Barbara A. Fox
• Voice, aspect, and Aktionsart : middle and passive in ancient Greek / Egbert J. Bakker
• A functional typology of antipassives / Ann Cooreman
• Voice : beyond control and affectedness / William Croft
• The rise of the English get-passive / T. Givón and Lynne Yang
• Passive participles across languages / Martin Haspelmath
• Middle voice, transitivity, and the elaboration of events / Suzanne Kemmer
• On "middle voice" verbs in Mandarin / Charles N. Li and Sandra A. Thompson
• The implications of ergativity for a Philippine voice system / Marianne Mithun
• A tale of two passives in Irish / Michael Noonan
• The Tupí-Guaraní inverse / Doris L. Payne
• Passives and alternatives in children's narratives in English, Spanish, German, and Turkish / Dan I. Slobin

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The volume's central concern is grammatical voice, traditionally known as diathesis, and its classical manifestations as Active, Middle, and Passive. While numerous problems in the meaning, syntax, and morphology of these categories in Indo-European remain unsolved, their counterparts in more exotic languages have raised still further questions. What discourse functions and diachronic events unite 'voice' as a recognizable phenomenon across languages? How are they typically grammaticalized? What stages do children go through in learning them? How does 'voice' link up with ergativity and with other categories and constructions such as the Inverse and the Antipassive? The authors in this volume have different perspectives on these problems: they discuss voice, e.g., from a typological-universal view, in relation to language acquisition and to ergativity, and from diachronic and cross-linguistic perspectives.

Table of Contents

• 1. Abbreviations
• 2. Introduction
• 3. Active Voice and Middle Diathesis: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective (by Arce-Arenales, Manuel)
• 4. Voice, Aspect and Aktionsart: Middle and Passive in Ancient Greek (by Bakker, Egbert J.)
• 5. A Functional Typology of Antipassives (by Cooreman, Ann)
• 6. Voice: Beyond Control and Affectedness (by Croft, William A.)
• 7. The Rise of the English GET-Passive (by Givon, T.)
• 8. Passive Participles across Languages (by Haspelmath, Martin)
• 9. Middle Voice, Transitivity, and the Elaboration of Events (by Kemmer, Suzanne)
• 10. On "Middle Voice" Verbs in Mandarin (by Li, Charles N.)
• 11. The Implications of Ergativity for a Philippine Voice System (by Mithun, Marianne)
• 12. A Tale of Two Passives in Irish (by Noonan, Michael)
• 13. The Tupi-Guarani Inverse (by Payne, Doris L.)
• 14. Passives and Alternatives in Children's Narratives in English, Spanish, German, and Turkish
• 15. Index of Languages
• 16. Index of Subjects

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Details

• NCID: BA22470431
• ISBN:
  • 1556194188
  • 1556194196
  • 9027229155
  • 9027229163
• LCCN: 93037185
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 377 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC8 : 801.5
  • LCC : P281
  • DC20 : 415
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Grammar, Comparative and general -- Voice
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00242896