[Lingtyp] Transitive verbs with both active and passive readings

[Ian Joo]

Dear Sergey,

Doesn't Russian count?

Вибели. 'They have/were seen.'

Regards,
Ian

> 2023. 7. 27. 오전 11:29, Sergey Loesov <sergeloesov at gmail.com> 작성:
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> Dear colleagues,
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> 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?
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> 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.’
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> Thank you very much,
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> Sergey
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