Animacy, agency and causality in Korean voice and diathesis : a cognitive-semiotic usage-based perspective
Adopting a usage-based construction grammar approach, the thesis proposes a radically revised account of the Korean voice system with two main oppositions: ACTIVE ~ INACTIVE and ENDOACTIVE ~ EXOACTIVE. These are marked on the verb, but voice categories are primarily semantic and equally basic. The a...
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SOAS, University of London
2007
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.582600 |