Middle voice : a comparative study in the syntax-semantics interface of German

This book offers a completely new analysis of the syntax and semantics of transitive reflexive sentences in German, which is embedded in the major phenomenon of the middle voice in Indo-European languages. It integrates the interpretation of non-argument reflexives into a modified version of recent...

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Main Author: Steinbach, Markus
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam J. Benjamins 2002
John Benjamins Publishing Company
John Benjamins
Edition:1
Series:Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
Subjects:
Generative linguistics
German language
German language > Semantics
German language > Syntax
German language > Verb
German language > Voice
Germanic linguistics
Grammar, Comparative and general
Grammar, Comparative and general > Middle voice
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
Middle voice
Semantics
Syntax
Verb
Voice
Germanic linguistics
Syntax
Generative linguistics
Semantics
ISBN:1588111946, 9027227713, 9789027227713, 9781588111944
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Table of Contents:
  • Middle Voice -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Middle constructions and middle voice -- Chapter 3: Lexical and syntactic approaches to middle formation -- Chapter 4: The syntax of transitive reflexive sentences -- Chapter 5: The interpretation of reflexive pronouns in German -- Chapter 6: Suppressed arguments and dative objects -- Chapter 7: Middle constructions revisited -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- References -- Subject index -- Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
  • Acknowledgments --
  • 6. Suppressed arguments and dative objects --
  • References --
  • Subject index
  • 1. Introduction --
  • 8. Conclusion --
  • Prelim pages --
  • 2. Middle constructions and middle voice --
  • 3. Lexical and syntactic approaches to middle formation --
  • Table of contents --
  • 5. The interpretation of reflexive pronouns in German --
  • 7. Middle constructions revisited --
  • List of abbreviations --
  • 4. The syntax of transitive reflexive sentences --