English mediopassive constructions : a cognitive, corpus-based study of their origin, spread, and current status /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2007
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| Series: | Language and computers ;
no. 58. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
