The typological gradation of voice constructions
According to Givón (1981), the typological characterization of passive involves three functional domains: clausal topic assignment, impersonalization and de-transitivization. This paper´s main objective is to provide a scalar, non-discrete characterization to the different voice constructions availa...
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Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal Fluminense
2006-12-01
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Series: | Gragoatá |
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Online Access: | http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/307 |