Voice and Inversion
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| University of Oregon
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ISBN 9789027229182 (Eur)
ISBN 9781556194214 (USA)
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
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Abbreviations | p. vii
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I. Introduction
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The pragmatics of de-transitive voice: Functional and typological aspects of inversionT. Givón | p. 3
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II. Morphological inverses
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Passive and inverse constructionsChad L. Thompson | p. 47
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The discourse function of the Kutenei inverseMatthew S. Dryer | p. 65
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Direct, inverse and passive in Northwest SahaptinNoel Rude | p. 101
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The inverse in SquamishPeter Jacobs | p. 121
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The de-transitive clauses in Bella Coola: Passive vs. InverseLinda B. Forrest | p. 147
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The pragmatics of de-transitive voice in Spanish: From passive to inverse?Raquel Hidalgo Downing | p. 169
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Semantic and pragmatic inverse: ‘Inverse alignment’ and ‘inverse voice’ in Carib of SurinamSpike Gildea | p. 187
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III. Word-order inverses
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The pragmatics of Modern Greek voice: Active, inverse and passiveKaty Roland | p. 233
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The pragmatics of voice in KoreanInhee Lee Kwak | p. 261
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Active, inverse and passive in MaasaiDoris L. Payne, Mitsuyo Hamaya and Peter Jacobs | p. 283
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The pragmatics of voice in a Philippine language: Actor-focus and goal-focus in Cebuano narrativeThomas E. Payne | p. 317
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Voice and ergativity in KaraoSherri Brainard | p. 365
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BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General