Impersonal constructions :: a cross-linguistic perspective /

This volume offers a much needed typological perspective on impersonal constructions, which are here viewed broadly as constructions lacking a referential subject. The contributions to this volume deal with all types of impersonality, namely constructions featuring nonagentive subjects, including th...

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Weitere Verfasser: Malʹchukov, A. L. (Andreĭ Lʹvovich), Siewierska, Anna, 1955-2011
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in language companion series ; v. 124.
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Zusammenfassung:This volume offers a much needed typological perspective on impersonal constructions, which are here viewed broadly as constructions lacking a referential subject. The contributions to this volume deal with all types of impersonality, namely constructions featuring nonagentive subjects, including those with experiential predicates (A-impersonals), presentational constructions with a notional subject deficient in topicality (T-impersonals), and constructions with a notional subject lacking in referential properties (R-impersonals), i.e. both meteo-constructions and man-constructions. The typolo.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 641 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027287168
9027287163
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9781283174954
9786613174956
6613174955