A Study of English Middle Construction

2015 ◽  
Vol null (35) ◽  
pp. 95-114
Author(s):  
김상혁
Keyword(s):  
English Middle Construction

scholarly journals Reanalysis of English Middle Construction and Formation Conditions

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Baijing Han ◽  
Fen Xue
Keyword(s):  
Formation Conditions ◽  
English Middle Construction

scholarly journals A COGNITIVE APPROACH TO THE ENGLISH MIDDLE CONSTRUCTION

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (0) ◽  
pp. 173-196
Author(s):  
KAZUMI TANIGUCHI
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
English Middle Construction

scholarly journals The Middle Construction in Minimalist Syntax: English and Slovenian

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-61
Author(s):  
Jakob Lenardič
Keyword(s):  
Argument Structure ◽  
Active Voice ◽  
Recent Approach ◽  
Null Operator ◽  
English Middle Construction ◽  
Minimalist Syntax

The paper discusses the argument structure of the English middle construction and its Slovenian equivalent from the perspective of minimalist syntax. The paper first introduces Bruening’s (2012) recent approach to syntactic middle formation, which posits that middle sentences are derived via an operator that existentially quantifies over the open agent variable introduced by an active Voice projection. Subsequently, the paper argues that the adverbial modifier in the middle construction is not a semantic argument of the null operator, contra Bruening (2012). Finally, the paper proposes that the reflexive morpheme se in the related Slovenian se-sentences plays a role of valency reduction similar to that of the null English operator.

scholarly journals Event Structure Analysis of the English Middle Construction

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-357
Author(s):  
이명옥
Keyword(s):  
Structure Analysis ◽  
Event Structure ◽  
English Middle Construction
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