Grammatical Voice

Klappentext This book is the first comprehensive cross-language survey of grammatical voice and its manifestations. Voice is a verbal category expressing the relationship between the verb and a set of nominal positions in a sentence or other structure. Despite its intricacy and cross-linguistic diversity! most grammarians have hitherto treated voice in terms of particular categories! such as the passive! which may not occur in all languages. Professor Klaiman's threefold classification of voice types enlarges present conceptions of voice and contributes significantly to current research in this highly complex area. Zusammenfassung As the first comprehensive study of voice systems and voice typology! this book makes a significant contribution to current research in linguistics and grammatical theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The study of voice; 2. Middle voice and basic voice systems; 3. Control and voice; 4. Inverse voice systems; 5. Information-salience voice systems; 6. Toward a theory of voice; Appendix: Approaches to voice analysis.

Product details

• Authors: M. H. Klaiman, M.h. Klaiman, Klaiman M. H.
• Assisted by: S. R. Anderson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2005
• EAN: 9780521369046
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36904-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Cambridge Studies in Linguisti; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics