Questions tagged [mediopassive]
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Origin of -s verbs in Norwegian and Swedish
(Disclaimer: I am not a linguist.)
I am learning Norwegian now, and they have some verb form when you attach -s to the end. It is often called passive voice (used in Present tense and in infinitive ...
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The Indogermanic r-mediopassive and the Latin ending -mini from a broader perspective
This question is a follow-up to this question Latin passive endings: Why is -mini sticking out. The Latin 2nd person plural passive ending mini has attracted the attention of scholars for centuries, ...
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Why do certain verbs not accept the ergative schema whereas they accept the mediopassive (middle) one?
Ex : They scared me / I scare easily / but not * I scared last night.
My first question was not ask properly so I tried again.
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What is the difference between mediopassive VP's and anti-causative VP's?
[I've overhauled this question.]
I guess I'm asking about the semantic differences, if any, between mediopassives and anticausatives.
Here's a definition of anticausative verb from ...
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