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rarum 95

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rarum 95: 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

Where found
German (Germanic, IE), Lithuanian (Balto-Slavic, IE), Latin (Italic, IE); Turkish (Turkic, Altaic)
Domain
syntax
Subdomain
grammatical relations: voice
Keywords
passive, reflexive, control
Type
rarum
Universals violated
not yet in UA: control of reflexive
Source
Plank, Frans (1993). Peculiarities of passives of reflexives in German. Studies in Language 17: 135-167.