Robert M. W. Dixon

Changing Valency

Case Studies in Transitivity
Herausgeber: Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.; Dixon, R. M. W.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Distinguished scholars examine the phenomena of passives and causatives in languages from around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 850g
• ISBN-13: 9780521660396
• ISBN-10: 0521660394
• Artikelnr.: 21126184

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction R. M. W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
2. A typology of causatives: Form, syntax and meaning R. M. W. Dixon
3. Valency-changing derivation in Central Alaskan Yup'ik Marianne Mithun
4. Transitivity and valency-changing derivations in Motuna Masayuki Onishi
5. Transitivity in Tariana Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
6. Voice and valency in the Athapaskan family Keren Rice
7. Valency-changing derivations in K'iche' Lyle Campbell
8. Valency-changing derivations in Dulong/Rawang Randy J. LaPolla
9. Valency-changing and valency-encoding devices in Amharic Mengistu Amberber
10. Complex verb collocations in Ngan'gityemerri: a non-derivational strategy for encoding valency alternations Nicholas Reid
11. Valency-changing derivations in Tsez Bernard Comrie
12. Creek voice: Beyond valency Jack Martin.