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Studies of Passive Clauses
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Paul Martin Postal
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986-01-01 - Publisher: SUNY Press

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In this work, Paul M. Postal supports the universalist theory of language by examining passive clauses. Contrary to a skeptical tradition, Postal argues that pa
Passivization and Typology
Language: en
Pages: 566
Authors: Werner Abraham
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-01-01 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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Is the passive a unified universal phenomenon? The claim derived from this volume is that the passive, if not universal, has become unified according to functio
Passive and Voice
Language: en
Pages: 720
Authors: Masayoshi Shibatani
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-01-01 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

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This volume brings together 18 original papers dealing with voice-related phenomena.The languages dealt with represent both typological and geographic diversity
Deconstructing the English Passive
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Anja Wanner
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-14 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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This book analyzes the form and function of the English passive from a verb-based point of view. It takes the position that the various surface forms of the pas
Diachronic Change in the English Passive
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: J. Toyota
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-05 - Publisher: Springer

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In this coherent historical development of the passive voice in English, the main argument deals not only with the passive per se, but also with its related con