This book sets up a consistent theoretical and terminological framework for the study of the phenomena that are commonly subsumed under the terms transitivity,

The three concepts of case, valency and transitivity belong to the most discussed topics of modern linguistics. On the one hand, they are crucially connected wi

Distinguished scholars examine the phenomena of passives and causatives in languages from around the world.

This collection of papers is the first book ever published in English that presents detailed analyses of valency and transitivity alternations in Japanese from

Valency patterns and valency orientation have been frequent topics of research under different perspectives, often poorly connected. Diachronic studies on these