Passives Cross-Linguistically: Theoretical and Experimental Approaches

by Kleanthes K. Grohmann

The chapters collected in the volume Passives Cross-Linguistically provide analyses of passive constructions across different languages and populations from the interface perspectives between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The contributions are, in principle, all based on the background of generative grammatical theory. In addition to the theoretical contributions of the first part of this volume, all solidly built on rich empirical bases,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004428232
• ISBN13: 9789004428232
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 454 Pages