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Stroik, Thomas – 1990
An analysis of TH-roles in middle constructions (e.g., "this book reads poorly") responds to theories that the non-overtness of TH-roles in these constructions is attributable to syntactic suppression. It is argued that middle formation does not involve lexical operations that adjust a verb's argument structure, but rather involves two…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
