SYNTACTIC PECULARITIES OF MIDDLE AND ERGATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH

Authors

  • M. Polkhovska

Keywords:

Middle and Ergative Construction, Implicit subject, Position of Specificator, Teta-Role

Abstract

The article analyzes syntactic peculiarities of middle and ergative constructions generation. It claims that middle and ergative verbs generate from the same verb class. The ergative verb marks implicit subject with causer teta-role, middle verb generates position for two subjects.

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Published

2012-06-29

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 26 (2012): Scientific proceedings of Ostroh Academy National University. "Philology" Series

Section

LINGUISTIC AND LITERATURE MATERIAL IN ITS STRUCTURAL AND STYLISTIC INTERPRETATIO

How to Cite

SYNTACTIC PECULARITIES OF MIDDLE AND ERGATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH. (2012). Scientific Notes of Ostroh Academy National University: Philology Series, 1(26), 277-280. https://journals.oa.edu.ua/Philology/article/view/1163