Rara #95

Legacy number: 95

 Number  95
 Phenomenon  passive constructions, with subject demoted, corresponding to active ones containing a reflexive pronoun (or reflexive marker) as a direct or indirect object, with the reflexive thus not controlled by a subject in the passive
 Found in  German (Germanic, IE), Lithuanian (Balto-Slavic, IE), Latin (Italic, IE); Turkish (Turkic, Altaic)
 Domain  syntax — grammatical relations: voice
 Type  rarum
 Keywords  passive, reflexive, control
 Source  Plank, Frans (1993). Peculiarities of passives of reflexives in German. Studies in Language 17: 135-167.
 Violates  not yet in UA: control of reflexive

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