LL-L: "Passive" LOWLANDS-L, 05.NOV.1999 (05) [E]

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From: Ian James Parsley [parsley at highbury.fsnet.co.uk]
Subject: LL-L: "Passive" (was "Multilingualism") LOWLANDS-L, 01.NOV.1999 (05)
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Ron and others,

Just another note I received from Dr West at Newcastle upon Tyne re. the
impersonal passive constructions:
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> Yes, thanks, Ian. There is a bit of a debate (i.e. I think nobody has
> finally decided under what circumstances a verb can be used in this way.
> There are clearly some semantic restrictions (such as your correspondent
> mentions) and also some syntactic ones - i.e. you can't use it with any
> zero valency verbs (e.g. **Heute wird geregnet.).
>
> Cheers, Jon
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Best wishes,
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Ian James Parsley
JOY - "Jesus, Others, You"

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