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"This collection aims first to establish a structure-independent, language-independent definition of pragmatic voice and then more specifically a universal functional definition of ""inverse"". The grammar and pragmatic function of the four major voice constructions: direct-active, inverse, passive and antipassive, are surveyed using narrative texts from 14 languages: Koyukon (Athabascan), Plains Cree (Algonquian), Chepang (Tibeto-Burman), Squamish and Bella Coola (Salish), Sahaptin (Sahaptian), Kutenai (isolate), Surinam Carib (Carib), Spanish and Greek (Indo-European), Korean (Altaic), Maasai (Nilotic), Cebuano and Karao (Philippine). The comparative quantified study of pragmatic voice functions tests the validity of a universal functional definition of voice and in particular of ""inverse"". The cross-language comparison of grammatical structures that code the various voice functions then lays down the foundation for a non-trivial cross-language typology of ""inverse""."

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