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Title
The history of mediopassives.
Abstract
Chapter 6 of the book "English Mediopassive Constructions: A Cognitive, Corpus-Based Study of Their Origin, Spread and Current Status" is presented. It analyzes existing hypotheses on the origin and spread of the mediopassive construction in the English language using corpus evidence. The results of the examination were then discussed within the wider context of typological developments in the English language.