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Publication details [#7983]
Riddle, Elizabeth, Gloria Sheintuch and Yael Ziv. 1977. Pseudo-passivization: On the role of pragmatics in determining rule unity. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences 7 (1) : 147–156.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
On the syntactic behavior and pragmatic function of prepositional phrases undergoing pseudo-passivization in English, intended to characterize the rule behind it, and to determine how it is related to passivization.