Transitivity

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-224

  Bowers, John ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Expletive; Functional category; Impersonal; Middle; Passive; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642545679     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 00243892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/002438902317406696     Document Type: Article

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