Chapter 6
PSC in typological perspective
Article outline
- 6.1PSC-like structures in other languages
- 6.1.1Reflexive constructions
- 6.1.2Middle constructions
- 6.1.2.1Basic morphosyntactic characteristics of middle constructions
- 6.1.2.2Semantic properties of middle constructions
- 6.1.2.3Two general properties
- 6.2The Chinese PSC as a middle construction
- 6.2.1Sentence form and meaning
- 6.2.2The active-middle opposition and its cognitive basis
- 6.3Unaccusativity and ergativization
- 6.3.1Unaccusativity
- 6.3.2Ergativization
- 6.4Chapter summary
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Notes