Abstract
According to the more recent literature on middles2 (Keyser & Roeper 1984; Roberts 1987; Cinque 1988; SigurÖsson 1989; Fagan 1992; Hoekstra & Roberts 1993; Ackema & Schorlemmer 1995), sentences like the following involve middle constructions:
A more extended version of this paper is included in Ferraresi (in preparation). I would like to thank Katharina Boser, Ellen Brandner, Mariana Damova, Hubert Haider, Harry Knaus, Karin Pittner and Sten Vikner for fruitful comments.
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Ferraresi, G. (1996). Middles, Reflexives and Ergatives in Gothic. In: Brandner, E., Ferraresi, G. (eds) Language Change and Generative Grammar. Linguistische Berichte, vol 7. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-90776-9_11
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