Middle Voice in Modern Greek: Meaning and function of an inflectional category
Linda Joyce Manney
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 48] 2000. xiii, 262 pp.
Linda Joyce Manney
List of John Benjamins publications for which Linda Joyce Manney plays a role.
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Subjects Other Indo-European languages | Semantics | Syntax
Articles
1998. The Reflexive Archetype and its Various Realizations in Modern Greek. Studies in Language 22:1, pp. 1–48
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1995. Pragmatic Motivation for Inflectional Middle Voice in Modern Greek. Functions of Language 2:2, pp. 159–188
The occurrence of inflectional middle voice in Modern Greek texts is motivated by diverse pragmatic pressures which are related to particular components of its semantic structure. The prototypical value of the semantic category instantiated by middle inflection comprises various internally complex… read more | Article