Demoting the Agent: Passive, middle and other voice phenomena (Linguistik Aktuell, V. 96)

347 Pages·2006·2.41 MB·English

by  Benjamin Lyngfelt

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DemotingtheAgent
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Volume96
DemotingtheAgent:Passive,middleandothervoicephenomena
EditedbyBenjaminLyngfeltandTorgrimSolstad
Demoting the Agent
Passive, middle and other voice phenomena
Editedby
Benjamin Lyngfelt
GöteborgUniversity
Torgrim Solstad
UniversityofOslo
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Table of contents
Listofcontributors vii
Preface ix
Perspectivesondemotion:Introductiontothevolume 1
TorgrimSolstadandBenjaminLyngfelt
SemanticandsyntacticpatternsinSwedishpassives 21
ElisabetEngdahl
TheEasternKhantylocative-agentconstructions:Afunctional
discourse-pragmaticperspective 47
AndreyFiltchenko
Agentback-groundingasafunctionaldomain:Reflexivization
andpassivizationinCzechandRussian 83
MirjamFried
Invisiblearguments:EffectsofdemotioninEstonianandFinnish 111
ElsiKaiserandVirve-AnneliVihman
Argumentdemotionasfeaturesuppression 143
DalinaKallulli
Acomparativeviewoftherequirementforadverbialmodificationinmiddles 167
MarikaLekakou
Frompassivetoactive:SyntacticchangeinprogressinIcelandic 197
JoanMaling
Therelationbetweeninformationstructure,syntacticstructureandpassive 225
AnneliesePitz
SyntaxandsemanticsofthedeonticWANT-passiveinItalo-Romance 249
Eva-MariaRemberger
Agentivityandthevirtualreflexiveconstruction 275
NolaM.Stephens
Argumentsinmiddles 301
ThomasStroik
 Tableofcontents
Languageindex 327
Nameindex 329
Subjectindex 331
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List of contributors
TorgrimSolstad ElsiKaiser
UniversityofOslo USCDept.ofLinguistics
ILOS 3601WattWay,GFS301
P.O.Box1003,Blindern LosAngelesCA90089-1693
N0315Oslo USA
Norway [email protected]
[email protected]
Virve-AnneliVihman
BenjaminLyngfelt
UniversityofTartu
GöteborgUniversity
Ülikooli18
Dept.ofSwedish
50090Tartu
P.O.Box200
Estonia
S40530Göteborg
[email protected]
Sweden
[email protected]
DalinaKallulli
ElisabetEngdahl Dept.ofLinguistics
GöteborgUniversity UniversitätWien
Dept.ofSwedish Berggasse11/3
P.O.Box200 A-1090Wien
S40530Göteborg Austria
Sweden [email protected]
[email protected]
MarikaLekakou
AndreyFiltchenko
JoanMuyskenweg25
RiceUniversity
NL-1096CJAmsterdam
6100Main
TheNetherlands
Dept.ofLinguisticsMS23
[email protected]
HoustonTX77005
USA
[email protected] JoanMaling
DivisionofBehavioral&
Dr.MirjamFried CognitiveSciences
PrincetonUniversity NationalScienceFoundation,
Dept.ofSlavicLanguagesandLiteratures Room995
EastPyneHall 4201WilsonBlvd,
PrincetonNJ08544 ArlingtonVA22230
USA USA
[email protected] [email protected]
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 Listofcontributors
AnneliesePitz NolaStephens
UniversityofOslo MargaretJacksHall,Bldg.460
ILOS StanfordCA94305-2150
P.O.Box1003,Blindern USA
N0315Oslo [email protected]
Norway
[email protected] ThomasStroik
Dept.ofEnglish
Eva-MariaRemberger 106Cockefair-Hall
RomanceLanguages UniversityofMissouri-KansasCity
FreeUniversityBerlin KansasCityMO64110
HabelschwerdterAlle45 USA
D14195Berlin [email protected]
Germany
[email protected]
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Preface
InNovember2004weorganisedaworkshopcalled“Demotingtheagent:Passive
andothervoice-relatedphenomena”,hopingtoattractresearchersfromdifferent
areas of linguistics with a common interest in passives, middles, implicit agents,
etc.Ouraimwastoprovide aforumforbringingtogetherdifferentperspectives
onvoiceandrelatedtopics–differenttheoreticalviewpoints,differentlanguages,
anddifferentkindsofvoicephenomena.Asitturnedout,theworkshopbecamea
greatsuccess,thankstoavarietyofgoodtalksandtothespiriteddiscussionsthese
prompted.Wegotexactlythekindofmelting-potwewerehopingfor.
Wewerealsoofferedtoturntheworkshopintoabook,andhereistheresult.
This volume contains eleven articles based on talks at the workshop. They each
make a valuable contribution to the field, offering new data, new analyses, and
bringingnewlighttolong-standingissues.Incombination,theypresentamulti-
facetedandyetcoherentpictureofthetopicsathand.
As with any other book, several people apart from the authors and editors
wereinvolvedindifferentstagesofthepublicationprocess.Firstofall,wewould
liketothanktheeditorsoftheseries LinguistikAktuell/LinguisticsToday,Werner
AbrahamandEllyvanGelderen,forgivingustheopportunitytopublishthisvol-
umeandforvaluablefeedbackthroughoutthe whole process.We wouldfurther
liketothankKeesVaesatJohnBenjaminsforhelpinguswithallmatterspractical.
OurwarmthanksgotoMariaFiliouchkinaKrave,whohasassistedusinthis
project since we started organising the workshop. Among other things, she pro-
videdinvaluablehelpinthefinalstagesofproof-reading.ThanksalsotoBarbara
ClareDaltonforproof-readingsomeofthemanuscripts.
Last but not least, the following colleagues have provided invaluable help
in the review process: Werner Abraham, Elisabet Engdahl, Mirjam Fried, Elly
van Gelderen, Arthur Holmer, Gunnar Hrafn Hrafnbjargarson, Elsi Kaiser,
Dalina Kallulli, Marika Lekakou, Joan Maling,Kjartan Ottósson, Anneliese Pitz,
Eva-Maria Remberger, Peter Sells, Thomas Stroik, Kjell Johan Sæbø, Ludmila
VeselovskáandVirve-AnneliVihman.
ThanksarealsoduetotheresearchprojectSPRIK–“Språkikontrast”(Eng.
Languagesincontrast)–forfundingtheworkshoponwhichthecontributionsof
thisvolumearebased.BenjaminLyngfelt’sparticipationwasfundedbyTheBank
ofSwedenTercentenaryFoundationthroughtheproject“Svenskakonstruktioner”