Re: Medio-passive (was: A Survey)
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 1, 2003, 22:39 |
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--- Rob Haden <magwich78@...> wrote:
> It seems to me that active and
> middle/medio-passive are synonymous
> with "transitive" and "intransitive,"
> respectively. What do you think?
In my speech, actives and middles can be either
transitive or intransitive. The idea behind the
middle (and later reflexive) is that the action
of the agent is done on behalf of the agent.
Whether it's bathing (intransitive) or hunting a
deer (transitive).
Padraic.
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