Subject autonomy marking in Macro-Tani and the typology of middle voice
Middle voice constructions are generally understood as syntactically detransitivizing and as semantically characterized by a “low degree of event elaboration” (in Kemmer’s terms) involving a relatively affected subject. Middle voice constructions thus characterized have been identified in several Tr...
Main Authors: | Post Mark W., Modi Yankee |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2022-01-01
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Series: | Linguistics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0218 |
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