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Title |
Title of document |
7. The semantics of English middles and pseudo-middles - Morphosyntactic Alternations in English |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Casilda García de la Maza; University of Basque Country; Spain |
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Discipline(s) |
Linguistics |
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Keyword(s) |
linguistics; discourse analysis; pragmatics; syntax |
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Subject classification |
P121-149 Science of language (Linguistics); P325-325.5 Semantics; P101-410 Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar; P302-302.87 Discourse analysis |
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Description |
Abstract |
This chapter by Casilda García de la Maza focuses on the semantics of English middles and “pseudo-middles” (e.g. The subsequent article almost writes itself/This new sofa seats four). The English middle is characterized as having a clear constructional meaning, which can be seen as a compositional function of the meaning of the subject in combination with the verb and the adverb. The author highlights the lexicalization process that some middles are undergoing, which is indicative of the semantic idiosyncrasy of the construction. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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01-Sep-2011 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/20278 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.20278 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Morphosyntactic Alternations in English |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
global |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |