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Linglib.Fragments.Greek.StandardModern.Reciprocals

Modern Greek Reciprocal Fragment #

[Nor23] [Sil08]

Modern Greek marks reciprocity with nonactive voice morphology (verbal affix strategy, monovalent). The same morphology is used for reflexives, passives, and middles — WALS Ch 106 classifies Greek as "mixed."

CAN form discontinuous reciprocals with "me" ('with'): "O Giannis filithike me ti Maria" ('John kissed with Maria') [Nor23] ex. 27b, 36.

Greek allows discontinuous reciprocals ([Nor23] ex. 27b), which per Siloni's analysis implies lexical formation (Dimitriadis 2004, 2008).

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def Greek.StandardModern.Reciprocals.nonactiveVoiceSuffix :
Morphology.MorphRule Bool

Greek nonactive voice suffix as a morphological rule.

The nonactive suffix (various allomorphs: -ome, -omai, etc.) marks reciprocal, reflexive, passive, and middle voice.

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    theorem Greek.StandardModern.Reciprocals.nonactive_is_voice :
    nonactiveVoiceSuffix.category = Morphology.MorphCategory.voice

    The Greek nonactive suffix is a voice operation (not valence).