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Diachronic Change in the English Passive
Junichi Toyota
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Description for Diachronic Change in the English Passive
Paperback. In this coherent historical development of the passive voice in English, the main argument deals not only with the passive per se, but also with its related constructions, which can play vital parts in identifying both functional and structural motivations for creating the passive. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
In this coherent historical development of the passive voice in English, the main argument deals not only with the passive per se, but also with its related constructions, which can play vital parts in identifying both functional and structural motivations for creating the passive.
In this coherent historical development of the passive voice in English, the main argument deals not only with the passive per se, but also with its related constructions, which can play vital parts in identifying both functional and structural motivations for creating the passive.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349363193
SKU
V9781349363193
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99-15
About Junichi Toyota
JUNICHI TOYOTA is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Lund, Sweden. His research interests cover a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology and cognitive science. His publications are mainly focused on historical linguistics and cognitive linguistics, but also deal with evolution of human linguistic ability.
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