Estonian Middle Semantics with Evidence from Discourse
This paper presents arguments for recognizing a middle voice in Estonian. The claim that the semantics of middle-marked verbs differs in a substantial way from the semantics of other intransitive constructions leads to the examination of the discourse pragmatics of these constructions, and the relat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2004-01-01
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Series: | Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics |
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Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/29 |