Voice and Inversion

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T. Givón | University of Oregon

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This collection aims first to establish a structure-independent, language-independent definition of pragmatic voice, and more specifically then a universal functional definition of “inverse”. The grammar and pragmatic function of the four major voice constructions direct-active, inverse, passive, antipassive are surveyed using narrative texts from 14 languages: Koyukon (Athabascan), Plains Cree (Algonquian), Chepang (Tibeto-Burman), Squamish and Bella Coola (Salish), Sahaptin (Sahaptian), Kutenai (isolate), Surinam Carib (Carib), Spanish and Greek (Indo-European), Korean, Maasai (Nilotic), Cebuano and Karao (Philippine). The comparative quantified study of pragmatic voice functions tests the validity of a universal functional definition of voice and in particular of “inverse”. The cross-language comparison of grammatical structures that code the various voice functions then lays down the foundation for a non-trivial cross-language typology of “inverse”.

[Typological Studies in Language, 28] 1994. viii, 402 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 3 October 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.28

Table of Contents

Abbreviations | p. vii

I. Introduction

The pragmatics of de-transitive voice: Functional and typological aspects of inversion

T. Givón | p. 3

II. Morphological inverses

Passive and inverse constructions

Chad L. Thompson | p. 47

The discourse function of the Kutenei inverse

Matthew S. Dryer | p. 65

Direct, inverse and passive in Northwest Sahaptin

Noel Rude | p. 101

The inverse in Squamish

Peter Jacobs | p. 121

The de-transitive clauses in Bella Coola: Passive vs. Inverse

Linda B. Forrest | p. 147

The pragmatics of de-transitive voice in Spanish: From passive to inverse?

Raquel Hidalgo Downing | p. 169

Semantic and pragmatic inverse: ‘Inverse alignment’ and ‘inverse voice’ in Carib of Surinam

Spike Gildea | p. 187

III. Word-order inverses

The pragmatics of Modern Greek voice: Active, inverse and passive

Katy Roland | p. 233

The pragmatics of voice in Korean

Inhee Lee Kwak | p. 261

Active, inverse and passive in Maasai

Doris L. Payne, Mitsuyo Hamaya and Peter Jacobs | p. 283

The pragmatics of voice in a Philippine language: Actor-focus and goal-focus in Cebuano narrative

Thomas E. Payne | p. 317

Voice and ergativity in Karao

Sherri Brainard | p. 365

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