Comparative Concept: passive–inverse voice construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
passive–inverse voice construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | passive–inverse voice construction • passive–inverse construction |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | passive–inverse voice construction (cxn) |
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Definition
a type of nonbasic voice construction that expresses a situation in which the P - participant has a higher discourse salience than the A participant. Example: the English Passive Construction, as in The boys were followed by a mountain lion, is an instance of the passive–inverse voice construction. (Sections 6.3.4, 8.3)