The pragmatics of de-transitive voice: Functional and typological aspects of inversion
The pragmatics of de-transitive voice: Functional and typological aspects of inversion
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去及物语态的语用学:倒装的功能和类型学方面
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T. Givon
T. Givón se-). In {ma-) and inverse (in-) is equally the grammati cal subject. Nor is it true in the languages surveyed by Keenan (1975), where non-agents in the de-transitive clause—be it inverse or passive—are only semi-promoted to subjecthood. both the inverse and passive voice functions (Squamish: Jacobs, in this vol ume; Cebuano: Payne, in this volume; Spanish: Hidalgo, in this volume). There is thus no reason to assume that a universal relational distinction must exist between the passive voice and the inverse voice. Both can be either promotional or non-promotional. For both, promotionality is a typological variable.