Deconstructing the English passive:
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2009
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| Series: | Topics in English linguistics
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | IX, 230 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9783110196320 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Acknowledgments
v
Chapter
1
Introduction
1
Chapter
2
The English passive and linguistic theory
7
1.
Introduction
7
2.
The status of the passive in linguistic theory
7
3.
What is a passive?
12
3.1.
Towards a morpheme-based definition
14
3.2.
Passive as an instantiation of voice
29
3.2.1.
Definitions of voice
29
3.2.2.
Voice and transitivity
35
4.
Functions of the passive
-
a preliminary sketch
37
4.1.
Demotion of the agent
38
4.2.
Promotion of the theme
40
5.
The passive in language acquisition theory
42
6.
Summary
46
Chapter
3
Ingredients of the English passive
49
1.
Introduction
49
2.
Verb classes and passivizablity
52
2.1.
Transitive verbs and NP-Movement
52
2.2.
Ditransitive
verbs and recipient passives
56
2.3.
Intransitive verbs and impersonal passives
58
2.3.1.
It s all about be
59
2.3.2.
It s all about Case
60
2.3.3.
It s all about it
62
2.4.
Prepositional verbs and prepositional passives
66
3.
The passive participle
70
3.1.
On the relationship between the participle and the adjective
72
3.2.
Passive meaning without passive participle
75
4.
The
òy-phrase
76
5.
The subject
80
6.
The auxiliary verb
83
viii Contents
7.
A re-evaluation of the
geŕ-passive
85
7.1.
Locating the
gei-passive in
the spectrum of
gei-constructions
88
7.2.
Ergative and causative get
91
7.3.
Verbal versus adjectival gei-passives
95
7.4.
Geŕ-passives
in the FROWN corpus
99
7.4.1.
Ergative
geř-passives
99
7.4.2.
Causative gei-passives
101
7.4.3.
Adjectival
gťí-passives
102
7.5.
Revisiting the responsibility factor
103
7.6.
Revisiting the adversity effect
107
8.
Summary
109
Chapter
4
The implicit agent in English passives
113
1.
Introduction
113
2.
Evidence from syntax
114
2.1.
Purpose clauses and control
115
2.2.
fiy-phrases
120
2.3.
Anaphors and binding
122
3.
Linking theory considerations
124
4.
Evidence from psycholinguistics
127
5.
Evidence from language use
130
5.1.
Sentences that require an implicit agent
131
5.2.
Unaccusative passives
133
5.2.1.
Unaccusative passives used by native speakers
133
5.2.2.
Unaccusative passives in second language acquisition
138
6.
Representation of the implicit argument
140
6.1.
Syntactic approaches
141
6.1.1.
The absorption analysis
141
6.1.2.
The pro analysis
144
6.2.
Lexical approaches
146
6.2.1.
Argument suppression at predicate argument structure
(PAS)
148
6.2.2.
Lexical binding at lexical-conceptual structure (LCS)
150
7.
Summary
152
Contents ix
Chapter
5
The use of the passive in academic discourse: A case study
155
1.
Introduction
155
2.
Characterization of the abstract as a genre
156
3.
The tradition of the passive in scholarly writing
160
4.
Synchronie
case study
165
4.1.
Corpus Information
165
4.2.
Distribution of the passive: Preliminary findings
166
4.3.
The distinction between reporting and reported events
172
4.4.
The use of the passive in reporting events
175
4.4.1.
The role of reporting: Differences across the disciplines
176
4.4.2.
The passive as a reporting strategy
178
4.4.3.
The representation of agenthood in reporting events
180
4.4.4.
Reporting events and politeness considerations
183
4.5.
The use of the passive in reported events
186
5.
Support from a diachronic study
189
6.
Summary
191
Chapter
6
Conclusion
197
Appendix: Exemplary abstracts
203
References
207
Sources of examples
225
Subject and author index
227
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