Universitat de Barcelona
2021-06-02T16:18:59Z
2021-06-02T16:18:59Z
2009
2021-06-02T16:18:59Z
The paper discusses the increasing number of originally transitive verbs used as middles in Modern English (The shirt irons well), and attempts to categorize them and suggest reasons for their recent spread. Observations will also be made on their equivalents in other languages, e.g. Spanish, which may use the reflexive passive (or other constructions) to convey the nuances of English middles. Key words: English grammar, middle voice, ergatives, passivization, reflexivization.
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Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Reproducció del document publicat a: https://litere.uvt.ro/publicatii/BAS/pdf/no/bas_2009_articles/BAS_2009_article24.pdf
British and American Studies, 2009, vol. 15, p. 299-310
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