English mediopassive constructions : : a cognitive, corpus-based study of their origin, spread, and current status / / Marianne Hundt.

This book provides the first empirical study of the history and spread of mediopassive constructions. It investigates the productivity of the pattern, the spread of the construction in Modern English, and looks into text type-specific preferences for the construction. On a more abstract level, it co...

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Superior document:Language and computers ; no. 58
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Year of Publication:2007
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Language and computers ; no. 58.
Physical Description:1 online resource (239 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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