17.574, Books: Syntax/Typology: Klaiman

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Subject: Grammatical Voice: Klaiman 

	
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Title: Grammatical Voice 
Series Title: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 59  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Book URL: http://us.cambridge.org/titles/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521369046 


Author: M. H. Klaiman

Paperback: ISBN: 0521369045 Pages: 343 Price: U.K. £ 27.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0521369045 Pages: 343 Price: U.S. $ 48.00


Abstract:

Categories of the verb in natural languages include tense, aspect, modality
(mood) and voice. Among these, voice, in its rich and diverse
manifestations, is perhaps the most complex. But most prior research
concentrates on only certain types, predominantly passives. Voice expresses
relations between a predicate and a set of nominal positions - or their
referents - in a clause or other structure. Grammatical Voice is the first
typological study of voice systems based on a multi-language survey. It
introduces a threefold classification of voice types, in the first place
distinguishing passivization phenomena (derived voice) from active-middle
systems (basic voice); and further, distinguishing each of these from
pragmatically grounded voice behaviours, such as focus and inverse systems.
As the first comprehensive study of voice systems and voice typology, this
book makes a significant contribution to current research in linguistics
and grammatical theory. 



1. The study of voice
2. Middle voice and basic voice systems
3. Control and voice
4. Inverse voice systems
5. Information-salience voice systems
6. Toward a theory of voice
Appendix: Approaches to voice analysis 


Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Morphology
                     Syntax
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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