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1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages) : illustrations |
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Palgrave studies in language history and language change |
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Palgrave studies in language history and language change.
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Be-passive: Overview and Aspectual Change -- Components of Be-passive and their Historical Change -- Functions of Be-passive -- Be-passive: Functional Changes and Voice Continuum -- Get-passive -- Passive Diathesis -- Quasi-passive |
| Summary |
JUNICHI TOYOTA presents a coherent historical development of the passive voice in English. Unique to this study is the use of continuum in the historical framework, and an examination of various constructions relating to the passive voice, demonstrating an intricate relationship among different constructions and functions over periods of time. Historical changes often leave some evidence of earlier constructions or functions, which can be identified in terms of gradience. This type of analysis has been neglected, and the voice continuum reveals that there are a number of cases of gradience. Furthermore detailed morphosemantic analysis reveals that not all previous work on the origin of some constructions, such as the get-passive, may be accurate, and some radical claims have been made concerning such constructions. The author explains complex details schematically, making this an accessible read for researchers and students of language history and language change |
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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)-Lund University, 2003 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-281) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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English language -- Passive voice.
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English language -- Voice.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Voice.
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English language -- Discourse analysis.
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Historical linguistics.
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historical linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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English language -- Discourse analysis
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English language -- Passive voice
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English language -- Voice
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Voice
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Historical linguistics
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Passiv
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18.04 English language.
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17.15 historical linguistics.
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Passive.
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English.
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Engelska språket -- passivum.
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Engelska språket -- historia.
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Englisch.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230594654 |
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0230594654 |
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1282259938 |
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9781282259935 |
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