On the middle voice: An interpersonal analysis of the English middle

Linguistics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-83

  Davidse, Kristin ^a   Heyvaert, Liesbet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

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EID: 33947196356     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LING.2007.002     Document Type: Review

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