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”.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9789027229175
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-90-272-2917-5
- Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Erscheinungstermin: 30.05.1994
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 1994
- Serie: Typological Studies in Language
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 690 g
- Seiten: 402
- Format (B x H): 164 x 245 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt