Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Tables and Charts -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Note on Transliteration -- 1. Introduction to the Problem -- 2. Middle Voice and some Linguistic Correlations -- 3. Et- forms and Inner Passives in Semitic Studies -- 4. Textual Analysis 1: Middle Semantics -- 5. Textual Analysis 2: Coreferential Dative -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Diathesis in Medieval Syriac Grammars -- Appendix 2 -- Bibliography