Deconstructing the English Passive

by Anja Wanner

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110196328
• ISBN13: 9783110196320
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary