Add to ORKGAs is well-known, in Oid English there were severe consírainís on Ihe lype of NP thaI eould become subjecí of a passive consíruction, since only accusative objecís were eligible for Ihis function. In Middle English, however, new passive types emerge, naniely personal passives of former daíive-governing verbs, preposilional passives and indirect passives. The aim of Ibis paper is ío examine the frequency and distribution of te newly established forms in te Early Modero Englisb period, as represeníed in Ihe Helsinki Corpus. Síatislical data aud examples drawn from Ihe corpus wi!l confirm te hypothesis thaI there is a steady consolidation of diese new passive Iypes in te period under study. 1
The IE languages developed different strategies for the encoding of the passive function. In some l...
The purpose of this study was to determine discourse and functional motivation for passive word orde...
In this paper we propose an alternative scenario for the grammaticalization of passive constructions...
One of the questions addressed in this dissertation is which grammatical category should be assigned...
One of the questions addressed in this dissertation is which grammatical category should be assigned...
During the fourteenth and fifteenth century, the English language went through two quite remarkable ...
Contains fulltext : 143364.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)During the four...
The history of the English ‘passive’ construction: from intransitive predication to passive construc...
The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the use and development of passive voice in American Engli...
The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the use and development of passive voice in American Engli...
The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the use and development of passive voice in American Engli...
It is commonly assumed that the English passive, as a periphrastic verbal construction, developed ou...
It is commonly assumed that the English passive, as a periphrastic verbal construction, developed ou...
This paper examines the changes taking place in the Passive construction from late Old English (OE) ...
Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1985), pp. 327-33
The IE languages developed different strategies for the encoding of the passive function. In some l...
The purpose of this study was to determine discourse and functional motivation for passive word orde...
In this paper we propose an alternative scenario for the grammaticalization of passive constructions...
One of the questions addressed in this dissertation is which grammatical category should be assigned...
One of the questions addressed in this dissertation is which grammatical category should be assigned...
During the fourteenth and fifteenth century, the English language went through two quite remarkable ...
Contains fulltext : 143364.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)During the four...
The history of the English ‘passive’ construction: from intransitive predication to passive construc...
The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the use and development of passive voice in American Engli...
The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the use and development of passive voice in American Engli...
The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the use and development of passive voice in American Engli...
It is commonly assumed that the English passive, as a periphrastic verbal construction, developed ou...
It is commonly assumed that the English passive, as a periphrastic verbal construction, developed ou...
This paper examines the changes taking place in the Passive construction from late Old English (OE) ...
Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1985), pp. 327-33
The IE languages developed different strategies for the encoding of the passive function. In some l...
The purpose of this study was to determine discourse and functional motivation for passive word orde...
In this paper we propose an alternative scenario for the grammaticalization of passive constructions...