Article outline

• 3.1Introduction
• 3.2The middle voice as a derived voice
  • 3.2.1Subject deletion diathesis: Anticausative verbs
  • 3.2.2Object-deletion diatheses: Absolute constructions
  • 3.2.3Object-deletion diatheses: De-objective verbs
  • 3.2.4Subject-demoting diathesis: Conversive verbs
  • 3.2.5Object-demoting diathesis: Antipassive verbs
  • 3.2.6No change of diatheses: Reflexive intransitive verbs
  • 3.2.7No change of diatheses: Non-reversible verbs
• 3.3The middle as a basic voice: Semantics of the middle domain
  • 3.3.1Body action middles
    • 3.3.1.1Grooming or body care actions
    • 3.3.1.2Body processes
    • 3.3.1.3Change in body posture events
    • 3.3.1.4Non-translational motion events
    • 3.3.1.5Translational motion events
  • 3.3.2The cognition middle
    • 3.3.2.1Emotion events
    • 3.3.2.2Cognition events
    • 3.3.2.3Perception events
  • 3.3.3Spontaneous events
  • 3.3.4Naturally reciprocal events
  • 3.3.5Verbs with no semantic ascription in Kemmer’s account
  • 3.3.6Pseudocopulative or attributive verbs
  • 3.3.7The RM in auxiliary verbs
• 3.4The middle voice in Spanish and Galician: A basic or a derived voice?
• Notes