Passives and middles in mainland Scandinavian microvariation through exponency
This monograph explores the properties of passive and middle voice constructions in Norwegian and Swedish, concentrating on the linguistic variation related to these two constructions in Mainland Scandinavian. At an empirical level, we provide a detailed discussion of the morphosyntax and semantics...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2020]
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| Series: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;
338. |
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- Prospects of an exponency-based syntax
- 2 The necessity of exponents and the nature of Ʃ-structure
- 3 Norwegian and Swedish passives: empirical facts
- 4 Deconstructing Norwegian and Swedish passives
- 5 Differences in the expression of middles in Norwegian and Swedish
- 6 Extensions: anticausatives, reciprocal uses, and additional properties of exponents