Passive Constructions in Lithuanian
Selected works of Emma Geniušienė
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This unique volume comprises a monograph and a set of articles by renowned typologist Emma Geniušienė which all focus on the topic of morphologically passive constructions in Lithuanian. It is the first translation into English of the author’s original work from the 1970s. It offers a rich treasury of data, a detailed structural description of all morphologically passive constructions, and an examination of the functions which these constructions have in the discourse. The addition of modern interlinear morpheme-by-morpheme glosses to hundreds of linguistic examples and expert editorial work have turned the hard-to-access material into a timeless resource available for the first time to a broad international readership. The volume will be of value to descriptive linguists, typologists, morphologists and formal syntacticians, as well as to scholars of information structure and functional text analysis. It is an exciting addition to the linguistic literature and a fitting tribute to the author.
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 179] 2016. xx, 313 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Editors’ foreword | pp. xi–xvi
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Acknowledgements | p. xvii
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Abbreviations | pp. xix–xx
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Part I. Passive constructions in Lithuanian
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1. Introduction | pp. 3–6
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2. Some aspects of the theory and methods of studying the passive voice | pp. 7–36
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3. The passive alternation | pp. 37–86
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4. The use of the passive | pp. 79–132
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5. A quantitative account of passive constructions | pp. 133–167
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6. Conclusions | pp. 169–172
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References | pp. 173–178
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Appendix | pp. 179–184
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Part II. Selected issues of diathesis and voice in Lithuanian
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1. Diatheses and voices in present-day Lithuanian | pp. 187–274
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2. The relation between the passive and the stative in Lithuanian | pp. 231–246
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3. The relation between the indefinite personal and the passive in Lithuanian | pp. 247–268
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4. On the passive form of intransitive verbs | pp. 269–280
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5. Categories of the Lithuanian verb in the passive voice | pp. 281–298
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Part III. The incorporation of the passive in text in Russian
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6. A brief note about the incorporation of the passive in text in Russian | pp. 301–307
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Author index | pp. 309–310
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Subject index | pp. 311–313
“Emma Geniušienė, a prominent representative of the St Petersburg (Leningrad) school of linguistic typology, is known to linguists in the West mainly through her classic monograph on the typology of reflexives, which was published in English. Her work on the passive is no less relevant to empirical and theoretical research in the domain of grammatical voice, but it is less accessible, having been published mainly in Russian and Lithuanian. By bringing together, in an accurate and readable English translation, Emma Geniušienė’s most important studies on the Lithuanian passive, the editors of this volume and the translator have rendered the linguistic community an excellent service. By their wealth of observation and their attention to details revealing the manifold and subtle interactions between the passive and other categories, these studies still offer refreshing and inspiring reading many years after they were first published.”
Axel Holvoet, Vilnius University
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009060: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax