Antipassive typology, diachrony, and related constructions / edited by Katarzyna Janic, University of Leipzig ; Alena Witzlack-Makarevich, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Author/creator Societas Linguistica Europaea
Other author Janic, Katarzyna.
Other author Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2021]
Descriptionvii, 645 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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SeriesTypological studies in language (TSL), 0167-7373 ; volume 130
Contents The multifaceted nature of the antipassive construction / Katarzyna Maria Janic and Alena Witzlack-Makarevich -- Lexical semantics and event representation of antipassive constructions -- Antipassive marking -- Diachrony of antipassive constructions -- Fuzzy boundaries.
Abstract "This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the morpho-syntactic and semantic aspects of the antipassive construction from synchronic, diachronic, and typological perspectives. The nineteen contributions assembled in this volume address a wide range of aspects pertinent to the antipassive construction, such as lexical semantics, the properties of the antipassive markers, as well as the issue of fuzzy boundaries between the antipassive construction and a range of other formally and functionally similar constructions in a genealogically and areally diverse languages. Purely synchronically oriented case studies are supplemented by contributions that shed light on the diachronic development of the antipassive construction and the antipassive markers. The book should be of central interest to many scholars, in particular to those working in the field of language typology, semantics, syntax, and historical linguists, as well as to specialists of the language families discussed in the individual contributions"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteSelection of papers presented at "The cross-linguistic diversity of antipassives: function, meaning and structure" workshop jointly organized by the editors at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea at the University of Naples Federico II (31 August-3 September 2016) in Naples.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2020048730
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