Voice and Inversion - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1556194218 ISBN 13 : 9781556194214

Editeur : John Benjamins Pub Co, 1994

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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”.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1556194218
• ISBN 13: 9781556194214
• Reliure: Broché
• Éditeur: Givon T.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible