Middle Constructions in English

Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,1 (A), University of Dusseldorf "Heinrich Heine" (Anglistisches Institut III), course: Verb Classes and verb alternations in English, language: English, abstract: With this paper I want to give a survey about middles in English, verbs which form middles, general characteristics, make obv...