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Jacobsen, W.H. 1979. Why does Washo lack a passive? In Plank, Frans, ed. Ergativity: Towards a theory of grammatical relations. Academic Press. pp. 145–160.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
passive construction
Language as a subject
Washo

Annotation

An attempt to explain the lack of a passive in Washo (a Hokan language), and to show how its functions are taken over by other constructions.