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Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1994.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 410 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Typological studies in language ; 28 Typological studies in language ; v. 28.
Subject:	Grammar, Comparative and general -- Voice. Pragmatics. Semantics. Typology (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general -- Voice. Pragmatics. Semantics. Typology (Linguistics) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11278768

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Other authors / contributors:	Givón, Talmy, 1936-
ISBN:	9789027276551 9027276552 1283312778 9781283312776 9786613312778 6613312770
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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).
Other form:	Print version: Givón, T. Voice and Inversion. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©1994 9789027229175

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