Middle voice in modern Greek meaning and function of an inflectional category - Manney, Linda Joyce (John Benjamins Pub., 2000)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and indexes
MIDDLE VOICE IN MODERN GREEK; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Abstract; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Defining the problem; Chapter 2. Prolegomena to a study of Modern Greek middle voice; Chapter 3. Experiencer subject structures; Chapter 4. Agent subject structures; Chapter 5. Spontaneous change of state, stative, and passive structures; Chapter 6. Reflexive Structures; Appendix A: 94 Middle Verbs: Psycho-Emotive Response; Appendix B: 146 Middle Verbs: Spontaneous Change / Change of State / State; References; Author Index; Subject Index
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the inflectional middle category in Modern Greek. Against the theoretical backdrop of cognitive linguistics, it is argued that a wide range of seemingly disparate middle structures in Modern Greek comprise a complex semantic network, and that this network is organized around two prototypical middle event types, which are noninitiative emotional response and spontaneous change of state. In those cases where middle structures have active counterparts, middle and active variants of the same verb stem are compared in order to demonstrate more clearly the