Diachronic Change in the English Passive
In this coherent historical development of the passive voice in English, the main argument deals not only with the passive per se, but also with its related constructions, which can play vital parts in identifying both functional and structural motivations for creating the passive.
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594654 |
| Summary: | In this coherent historical development of the passive voice in English, the main argument deals not only with the passive per se, but also with its related constructions, which can play vital parts in identifying both functional and structural motivations for creating the passive. |
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| Physical Description: | XVIII, 286 p. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9780230594654 |