Passive in Danish, English, and German
- We show how the variation in the passive in Danish, English, and German can be accounted for. The dimensions in which the three languages differ are - the existence of a morphological passive in Danish - a subject requirement in Danish and English resulting in expletive insertion in impersonal - constructions in Danish and absence of impersonal passives in English the possibility to promote the secondary object to subject in Danish The differences are accounted for by differences in the structural/lexical case distinction and by mapping processes that insert expletives in Danish. The passive in general is accounted for by a lexical rule that is uniform across languages and hence captures the generalization regarding passive.
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| Author: | Stefan MüllerORCiDGND, Bjarne ØrsnesORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-723218 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2013.8 |
| ISSN: | 1535-1793 |
| Parent Title (English): | Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) |
| Publisher: | CSLI Publications |
| Place of publication: | Stanford, CA |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2013/09/20 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2013 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Contributing Corporation: | International Conference on Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (20 : 2013 : Berlin) |
| Release Date: | 2024/09/11 |
| GND Keyword: | Dänisch; Unpersönliches Passiv; Passiv |
| Volume: | 20.2013 |
| Page Number: | 21 |
| First Page: | 140 |
| Last Page: | 160 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
| 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik | |
| 4 Sprache / 42 Englisch, Altenglisch / 420 Englisch, Altenglisch | |
| 4 Sprache / 43 Deutsch, germanische Sprachen allgemein / 430 Germanische Sprachen; Deutsch | |
| Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
| Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Syntax |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
