[Lingtyp] Transitive verbs with both active and passive readings

[Sergey Loesov]

Dear colleagues,

Do you know of languages that have past-tense forms of transitive verbs
with both active and passive readings? In particular, languages in which
the same token can appear as both active and passive, depending on the
context?

This seems to be the case in the unwritten language Modern Western Aramaic,
spoken in the Syrian Anti-Lebanon/Kalamoun. Thus, *ifṯeḥ* (a
Perfect-Resultative verb form) may mean ‘he (has) opened’ and ‘he has been
opened/he is opened.’



Thank you very much,



Sergey
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