Original scientific paper

Defining the category of verbal voice

Jurica Polančec orcid.org/0000-0002-8454-8844 ; Sveučilište u Zadru

Abstract

The study deals with the problem of defining the verbal category of voice with special consideration to the Croatian language. It is based upon the assumption that the traditional definition of the aforementioned category, which includes only the active and passive voice, is too narrow. In addition, the definition is examined from a typological perspective. Therefore, a broader definition of the category based on seven parameters is suggested. Two of the parameters are seen as obligatory, whereas the others are optional. This leads to the view that voice as a category consists of typical and less typical members, i.e. it is organized around a prototype. It is suggested that the cases involving less prototypical verbal voices be called diathesis alternations for the purposes of the description of the Croatian language.

Keywords

verbal voice; diathesis; syntactic typology; Croatian language; prototype approach

Hrčak ID:

154179

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/154179

Publication date:

13.3.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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