Functional and typological aspects of inversion: The pragmatics of de-transitive voice

Givón, T.

doi:10.1075/tsl.28.03giv

In:Voice and Inversion
Edited by T. Givón
[Typological Studies in Language 28] 1994
► pp. 3–46

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The pragmatics of de-transitive voice

Functional and typological aspects of inversion

T. Givón

Published online: 30 May 1994

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.28.03giv

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