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Voice and Inversion (Typological Studies in Language) by Talmy Givón (Ed.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Voice and Inversion (Typological Studies in Language) about?
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”.
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- Author
- Talmy Givón (Ed.)
- Publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9786613312778
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Linguistics, Language Learning, Literary Fiction