A study of grammatical voice and its classical manifestations as active, middle and passive. Various perspectives are represented, including the typological-universal view, voice and language acquisition, the relationship between voice and ergativity and dichronic perspectives.

1. Abbreviations; 2. Introduction; 3. Active Voice and Middle Diathesis: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective (by Arce-Arenales, Manuel); 4. Voice, Aspect and Aktionsart: Middle and Passive in Ancient Greek (by Bakker, Egbert J.); 5. A Functional Typology of Antipassives (by Cooreman, Ann); 6. Voice: Beyond Control and Affectedness (by Croft, William A.); 7. The Rise of the English GET-Passive (by Givon, T.); 8. Passive Participles across Languages (by Haspelmath, Martin); 9. Middle Voice, Transitivity, and the Elaboration of Events (by Kemmer, Suzanne); 10. On "Middle Voice" Verbs in Mandarin (by Li, Charles N.); 11. The Implications of Ergativity for a Philippine Voice System (by Mithun, Marianne); 12. A Tale of Two Passives in Irish (by Noonan, Michael); 13. The Tupi-Guarani Inverse (by Payne, Doris L.); 14. Passives and Alternatives in Children's Narratives in English, Spanish, German, and Turkish; 15. Index of Languages; 16. Index of Subjects