This paper describes the fuzzy boundaries between support verb constructions (SVC) with ter “have” and dar “give” and causative operator verb (VopC) constructions involving these same verbs, in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), which form a complex set of relations: (i) both verbs are the support verb of the same noun (SVC); (ii) dar is the standard (active-like) SVC while ter is a converse (passive-l...

This paper aims at investigating Subcategorizations of derived verbs in Kifipa. Kifipa is a Bantu language spoken south-west Tanzania by the people denoted to as Wafipa. Wafipa live bigger area between Lake Rukwa and Tanganyika. Currently, located region. Verbs are subcategorized differently different languages. In isolating languages, verb subcategorization syntactic study while languages morp...

In this chapter, we advance the idea that organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) are discretionary and, as a result, employees engage in decisional processes before acting. Emphasizing conceptual differences in affiliative OCBs, such as helping, compared to challenging OCBs, such as voice, we propose that voice is a function of more elaborate cognitive processes than helping. Extending thi...

The topic of this paper is the manner in which syntactic voice alternations (and syntactic configurations more generally) relate to voice morphology, and the implications of this for theories of voice and theories of morphology/syntax interactions. I argue based on the voice system of Modern Greek for three primary points: first, that treatments taking voice morphology as corresponding to a syn...

This study aims to identify the purposes of passive construction in political news reports. The also examines how use voice affects readers' attitudes towards issues. can lead ambiguity, affecting clarity meaning by hiding identity doer action. However, being vague about action is primarily deliberate serve particular purposes. To collect data, researchers refer three newspapers, namely Washing...