This volume offers a much needed typological perspective on impersonal constructions, which are here viewed broadly as constructions lacking a referential subject. The contributions to this volume deal with all types of impersonality, namely constructions featuring nonagentive subjects, including th
Split Auxiliary Systems: A Cross-linguistic Perspective
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- Publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 289
- Series
- Typological Studies in Language 69
- Edition
- 1st
- Category
- Library
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