LINGUIST List 26.3899

Thu Sep 03 2015

Books: Voice and Argument Structure in Baltic: Holvoet, Nau (eds.)

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Date: 01-Sep-2015
From: Karin Plijnaar <karin.plijnaarbenjamins.nl>
Subject: Voice and Argument Structure in Baltic: Holvoet, Nau (eds.)
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Title: Voice and Argument Structure in Baltic
Series Title: Valency, Argument Realization and Grammatical Relations in Baltic 2
Published: 2015
Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/vargreb.2

Editor: Axel Holvoet
Editor: Nicole Nau
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027267955 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 110.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027267955 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 165.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027267955 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 92.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027259103 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 165.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027259103 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 92.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027259103 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 116.60
Abstract:

The second volume in the VARGReB series deals with voice in the wider sense, encompassing both alternations that preserve semantic valency, with passives as the most typical instance, and valency-changing devices such as the causative. Regarding the former, special attention is given to event-structural conditions on passivization, non-canonical passives, and the relation between passives and (active) impersonals. Papers dealing with causatives focus on valency patterns and argument marking in canonical as well as extended uses of causative morphology. Other articles consider converse constructions and the argument structure of middles, which seem to hold a position between voice in the narrow sense and valency-changing operations. An introductory article provides background information on the repertoire of voice alternations in Baltic from a cross-linguistic perspective. Representing different approaches and methods, the contributions to this volume offer fine-grained analyses of data from contemporary Latvian and Lithuanian.

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                            Semantics
                            Syntax

Subject Language(s): Latvian (lav)
                            Lithuanian (lit)
Language Family(ies): Baltic

Written In: English (eng)

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