Grammatical Voice (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
Cambridge University Press, 2/28/2019
EAN 9781316612125, ISBN10: 1316612120
Paperback, 310 pages, 24.7 x 17.4 x 1.7 cm
Language: English
The grammatical category of voice covers a wide range of phenomena, including causatives, applicatives, passives, antipassives, middles, and others. Drawing on data from over 200 languages, Fernando Zúñiga and Seppo Kittilä illustrate the semantic, morphological, and syntactic variation of voice across languages from a range of families and regions. They approach the topic from a broad and explicit perspective, and discuss a variety of topics that are not always regarded as voice, in order to make a clear and useful conceptual delimitation. Clearly organized and accessibly written, the book will be welcomed by students and scholars of linguistics, especially those interested in how grammatical categories work.
1. Introduction
2. Changing semantic valency
causatives, applicatives, and related constructions
3. Changing syntactic valency
passives, antipassives, and related constructions
4. In search of balance
agent and patient voices
5. The affected subject
reflexives, reciprocals, and middles
6. Covert diatheses
uncoded alternations
7. The fringes of voice
8. Diachronic aspects of voice
9. Revisiting voice theory.