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Diachronic Change in the English Passive

By:J. Toyota
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781349363193
eText ISBN:9780230594654
Edition:0
Copyright:2008
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.