LINGUIST List 17.3055

Wed Oct 18 2006

Books: Syntax/Typology: Abraham, Leisiö (Eds)

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Directory         1.    Paul Peranteau, Passivization and Typology: Abraham, Leisiö (Eds)
Message 1: Passivization and Typology: Abraham, Leisiö (Eds)
Date: 17-Oct-2006
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Passivization and Typology: Abraham, Leisiö (Eds)


Title: Passivization and Typology Subtitle: Form and function Series Title: Typological Studies in Language 68 Published: 2006 Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=TSL%2068

Editor: Werner Abraham Editor: Larisa Leisiö Hardback: ISBN: 9027229805 Pages: 553 Price: U.S. $ 174.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027229805 Pages: 553 Price: Europe EURO 145.00
Abstract:

Is the passive a unified universal phenomenon? The claim derived from thisvolume is that the passive, if not universal, has become unified accordingto function. Language as a means of communication needs the passive, orpassive-like constructions, and sooner or later develops them based onother voices (impersonal active, middle, reflexive), specific semanticmeanings such as adversativity, or tense-aspect categories(stative,perfect, preterit).

Certain contributors review the passives in various languages and languagegroups, including languages rarely discussed. Another group of contributorstakes a novel theoretical approach toward passivization within a broadtypological perspective. Among the languages discussed are Vedic, Irish,Mandarin Chinese, Thai, Lithuanian, Mordvin, and Nganasan, next to almostall European languages. Various theoretical frameworks such as OptimalityTheory, Modern Structuralist Approaches, Role and Reference Grammar,Cognitive Semantics, Distributed Morphology, and Case Grammar have beenapplied by the different authors.

Table of contents

Contributor's addresses vii-viiiAbbreviations ix-xIntroduction: Passivization and typology: Form vs. function - a confinedsurvey into the research status quoWerner Abraham 1-27Active-passive and reflexivesPassives in Lithuanian (in comparison with Russian)Emma Š. Geniušienė 29-61Passive and middle in Indo-European: Reconstructing the early Vedic passiveparadigmLeonid Kulikov 62-81Triggers - aspectual, semantic, and discourse-pragmatic: case studiesPragmatic nature of Mandarin passive-like constructionsMarja Peltomaa 83-114Development of thùuk passive marker in ThaiAmara Prasithrathsint 115-131The passives of Modern IrishBrian Nolan 132-164The passive in Erzya-Mordvin folkloreMerja Salo 165-190Grammatical voice and tense-aspect in SlavicJunichi Toyota and Melisa Mustafović 191-212Passive in NganasanLarisa Leisiö 213-230Actor demotion'Agent defocusing' revisited: Passive and impersonal constructions in someEuropean languagesAndrea Sansò 232-273Relations between Actor-demoting devices in Lithuanian: Dedicated to EmmaGeniusieneBjörn Wiemer 274-309Grammaticalization in long-term diachronyThe rise and grammaticalization paths of Latin fieri and facere as passiveauxiliariesMichela Cennamo 311-336Grammatical relations in passive clauses: A diachronic perspectiveT. Givón 337-350Argument structure and caseTwo types of detransitive constructions in the dialects of JapaneseKan Sasaki and Akie Yamazaki 352-372Passive and argument structureTor A. Åfarlí 373-382Case-driven agree, EPP, and passive in TurkishBalkız Öztürk 383-402A unique feature of the direct passive in JapaneseKenichi Ariji 403-440Actor demotionPassive as a feature-suppression operationDalina Kallulli 442-460Event semantics - Aspectual and semantic triggersThe compositional nature of the passive: Syntactic vs. event semantictriggers. "Argument Hypothesis" vs. "Aspect Hypothesis"Werner Abraham 462-501The impersonal passive: voice suspended under aspectual conditionsWerner Abraham and Elisabeth Leiss 502-517Simple preterit and composite perfect tense: The role of the adjectivalpassiveMonika Rathert 518-543Author index 544-547Subject index 548-553

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax                             Typology
Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)                             Gaelic, Irish (gle)                             Japanese (jpn)                             Lithuanian (lit)                             Erzya (myv)                             Nganasan (nio)                             Thai (tha)                             Turkish (tur)
Written In: English (eng )

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