Table of contents
Editors’ foreword
Acknowledgementsxvii
Abbreviations
Part I. Passive constructions in Lithuanian
1. Introduction
2. Some aspects of the theory and methods of studying the passive voice
3. The passive alternation
4. The use of the passive
5. A quantitative account of passive constructions
6. Conclusions
References
Appendix
Part II. Selected issues of diathesis and voice in Lithuanian
1. Diatheses and voices in present-day Lithuanian
2. The relation between the passive and the stative in Lithuanian
3. The relation between the indefinite personal and the passive in Lithuanian
4. On the passive form of intransitive verbs
5. Categories of the Lithuanian verb in the passive voice
Part III. The incorporation of the passive in text in Russian
6. A brief note about the incorporation of the passive in text in Russian
Author index
Subject index
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