The focus of this thesis is the ergative behavior of the verb get in the passive construction in English, e.g., \u27Mary got paid\u27. I argue that get in the passive shows the properties of ergative verbs, such as break and open, and that it is therefore best analyzed as an ergative verb in this construction. Ergatives are transitive, non-stative verbs that have intransitive properties because they have only one internal argument to which they assign a theta role. They are interesting in the sense that, unlike other verbs in English, they retain their “active” morphology when their grammatical subject position is occupied by their internal argument. I argue that get, like ergative verbs, has the same morphological form when used as a trans...
The subject of the present thesis is the analysis of two ditransitive verbs give and buy as regards ...
One of the questions addressed in this dissertation is which grammatical category should be assigned...
The paper discusses the increasing number of originally transitive verbs used as middles in Modern E...
The characteristics commonly attributed to central get-passives in the relevant literature include t...
The present thesis studies the verb get in the function of the passive auxiliary. The theoretical pa...
This study investigates the get-passive in American English, with emphasis on its distribution in d...
The characteristics commonly attributed to central get-passives in the relevant literature include t...
While some traditional grammarians claim that get passive is the alternative colloquial of be passiv...
In many languages, a passive-like meaning may be obtained through a noncanonical passive constructio...
This paper aims at expounding on historical development of grammaticalization of the get passive to ...
The so-called passive in Māori has been the topic of a long-standing debate in the linguistics liter...
The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the use and development of passive voice in American Engli...
This study is entitled Passive Clauses Argument Structure of Give Verbs in Corpus of Contemporary Am...
This study is entitled Passive Clauses Argument Structure of Give Verbs in Corpus of Contemporary Am...
The Nordic languages have non-canonical passive constructions with GET + past participle, as in the ...
The subject of the present thesis is the analysis of two ditransitive verbs give and buy as regards ...
One of the questions addressed in this dissertation is which grammatical category should be assigned...
The paper discusses the increasing number of originally transitive verbs used as middles in Modern E...
The characteristics commonly attributed to central get-passives in the relevant literature include t...
The present thesis studies the verb get in the function of the passive auxiliary. The theoretical pa...
This study investigates the get-passive in American English, with emphasis on its distribution in d...
The characteristics commonly attributed to central get-passives in the relevant literature include t...
While some traditional grammarians claim that get passive is the alternative colloquial of be passiv...
In many languages, a passive-like meaning may be obtained through a noncanonical passive constructio...
This paper aims at expounding on historical development of grammaticalization of the get passive to ...
The so-called passive in Māori has been the topic of a long-standing debate in the linguistics liter...
The aim of the thesis is to shed light on the use and development of passive voice in American Engli...
This study is entitled Passive Clauses Argument Structure of Give Verbs in Corpus of Contemporary Am...
This study is entitled Passive Clauses Argument Structure of Give Verbs in Corpus of Contemporary Am...
The Nordic languages have non-canonical passive constructions with GET + past participle, as in the ...
The subject of the present thesis is the analysis of two ditransitive verbs give and buy as regards ...
One of the questions addressed in this dissertation is which grammatical category should be assigned...
The paper discusses the increasing number of originally transitive verbs used as middles in Modern E...