dc.contributor.author
Mott, Brian Leonard
dc.date.issued
2021-06-02T16:18:59Z
dc.date.issued
2021-06-02T16:18:59Z
dc.date.issued
2021-06-02T16:18:59Z
dc.identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/2445/177940
dc.description.abstract
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.
dc.format
application/pdf
dc.format
application/pdf
dc.publisher
Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
dc.relation
Reproducció del document publicat a: https://litere.uvt.ro/publicatii/BAS/pdf/no/bas_2009_articles/BAS_2009_article24.pdf
dc.relation
British and American Studies, 2009, vol. 15, p. 299-310
dc.rights
cc-by-nc-nd (c) British and American Studies, 2009
dc.rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source
Articles publicats en revistes (Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos)
dc.subject
English language
dc.title
The rise of the middle passive in Modern English
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
