Search for dissertations about: "verbal alternation"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words verbal alternation.

2. 1. (De)composing the middle : A minimalist approach to middles in English and Swedish

   Author : Eva Klingvall; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; passive; argument structure; past participle; Distributed Morphology; root; agentivity; middle; genericity; disposition ascription; modification; grammatical features; verbal alternation;

   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with a particular type of generic sentence that is referred to as the ‘middle construction’ in the literature. The aim of the thesis is to offer a theoretical account of middles couched within the non-lexicalist framework of Distributed Morphology (see Halle & Marantz 1993 and subsequent work), and, more generally, within the Minimalist Program (see e. READ MORE