Non-canonical Passives
by Alexiadou, Artemis Schäfer, Florian
This paper highlights similarities between two classes of arguably non-canonical passives, namely 'deponent' verbs familiar from Latin, and 'inherent reflexive' verbs in Germanic and Romance, arguing that the latter are the counterparts of the former - notably, both classes of verbs are denominal/deadjectival. Building on the idea that overt morphological voice markings reflect feature distinctions associated with v0 in the syntax, I argue that the special 'unaccusative' morphology (i.e. reflex…
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- Full title :Non-canonical Passives / edited by Artemis Alexiadou, University of Stuttgart ; Florian Schäfer, University of Stuttgart.
Summary
This paper highlights similarities between two classes of arguably non-canonical passives, namely 'deponent' verbs familiar from Latin, and 'inherent reflexive' verbs in Germanic and Romance, arguing that the latter are the counterparts of the former - notably, both classes of verbs are denominal/deadjectival. Building on the idea that overt morphological voice markings reflect feature distinctions associated with v0 in the syntax, I argue that the special 'unaccusative' morphology (i.e. reflexive or non-active) doesn't just bear on the absence of an external argument in the syntax, but.
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- Publication Date:2013
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam/Philadelphia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013
Notes
Another passive that isn't one.
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- Description:1 online resource (vi, 361 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027272270, 9027272271, 1299283799, 9781299283794
- oclc:ocn830160728
- LC Classification:P299.P4 .N66 2013
- Dewey Decimal:415.6
Table of Contents
Non-Canonical Passives; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Non-canonical passives; 1. Forword; 2. Introduction; 3. Defining passives; 3.1 The standard view; 3.2 On the syntactic reality of implicit agents; 4. Canonical vs. non-canonical passives; 4.1 The case of the English get-passive; 4.2 Beyond English; 5. Summary and overview; References; Adjectival passives and adjectival participles in English; 1. Identifying (different types of) adjectival participles; 2. Theme externalization; 2.1 Coordination and ATB; 2.2 Prenominal participles.
3. Implicit Initiators in adjectival participles3.1 Disjoint reference and coreference; 3.2 Constraints on by-phrases; 3.3. Purpose clauses; 4. Unaccusative-based participles; 4.1 Unaccusative participles are productive with clear result states; 4.2 Why transitives are not subject to the result state requirement; 5. Semantic and syntactic analyses; 5.1 Transitive resultative participles, externalization and implicit Initiators; 5.2 Other types of participles; 6. Conclusion; References; The get-passive at the intersection of get and the passive; 1. Introduction.
2. Differences between the get-passive and the be-passive2.1 De…
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