The Middle Voice Typological Studies in Language; Vol.23

by Suzanne Kemmer

This book approaches the middle voice from the perspective of typology and language universals research. The principal aim is to provide a typologically valid characterization of the category of middle voice in terms of which it can be incorporated in a cognitively-based theory of human language. The term "middle voice" has had a wide range of applications in the linguistic literature of this century. The main thesis in this volume is that there is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556194110
• ISBN13: 9781556194115
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 300 Pages