THEORY: Verb voice

>Status: R
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>I was just wondering something:  exactly how many possible
>verbal voices are there?  Off hand I can think of about four:
>active, passive, middle (action redounds back onto oneself,
>for one's own benefit; indirect), and reflexive (action was
>intended to affect oneself directly).   What others could
>there be?
In the grammar I wrote for NGL the basic forms are active, passive, and
reflexive. The middle and reflexive as you define them are the same, the
difference would have to be expressed as an attitude, something I never
thought of. But as to the number, it is infinite in the Fuzzy Voices I
defined. Any proportions of active, passive, and reflexive could be
combined, and attitudes could be attached to any of the components. I
haven't actually written any examples yet, due to the underwhelming
interest in the NGL system. I'm not too keen on the pure reflexive
voice with myself as subject and object :).

Jerry

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