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Title
Theoretical background.
Abstract
Chapter 4 of the book "English Mediopassive Constructions: A Cognitive, Corpus-Based Study of Their Origin, Spread and Current Status" is presented. It explores how far the concepts important in describing mediopassive constructions, such as the transitivity of the verb and restrictions of mediopassive formation, are subject to prototypicality effects in grammar.