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| ISBN: | 9783110199215
3110199211
1282296493
9781282296497
3110196328
9783110196320
9783110196320
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-223) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | 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 passive (with or without thematic subject, with or without object, with or without by-phrase, with or without auxiliary) have a common source and are determined by the interplay of the syntactic properties of the verb and general syntactic principles. Each structural element of the passive construction is examined separately, and the participle is considered the only defining component of the passive. Special emphasis is put on the existenc.
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| Other form: | Print version: Wanner, Anja. Deconstructing the English passive. Berlin ; New York : M. de Gruyter, 2009 9783110196320
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