Introduction -- Chapter 2: Passive Voice -- Chapter 3: Object Voice -- Chapter 4: A Cline of Passives -- Chapter 5: Voice and Causatives -- Chapter 6: Conclusion
Summary
'Voice and V' investigates the syntactic structure of voice, using Acehnese as the empirical starting point. A central claim is that voice is encoded in a functional projection, VoiceP, which is distinct from, and higher than, vP. The book further claims that VoiceP may be associated with phi-features that semantically restrict the external argument position but do not saturate it. Through minor variations in the properties of VoiceP, a wide range of non-canonical voice constructions are explained