Passives and Middles in Mainland Scandinavian
Antonio Fábregas, Michael T. Putnam
This monograph explores the properties of passive and middle voice constructions in Norwegian and Swedish, concentrating on the linguistic variation related to these two constructions in Mainland Scandinavian. At an empirical level, we provide a detailed discussion of the morphosyntax and semantics of the two main types of passives in both languages, lexical (s-) and periphrasitic (bli-) passives. At a theoretical level, we propose an architecture of the language faculty where exponents play a central role. Exponents are selected to identify the structures generated by the grammar and provide a…
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Année:
2020
Editeur::
De Gruyter
Langue:
english
Pages:
240
ISBN 10:
3110670933
ISBN 13:
9783110670936
Collection:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 338
Fichier:
EPUB, 2.03 MB
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english, 2020