1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 1425: Posted in Universals Archive Universal 1425: Original If a language has any passives it has ones characterized as basic; moreover, it may have only basic passives. Standardized IF there are non-basic passives, THEN there are basic passives. Keywords diathesis, passive Domain syntax Type implication Status achronic but presumably diachronically motivated Quality absolute Basis languages in Keenan 1985a Source Keenan 1985a: 247 Counterexamples Ute (Uto-Aztecan) has impersonal passives without having basic passives (Keenan 1985a: 276). Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP Basic passives. Main features:(i) no agent phrase is present,(ii) the main verb (in its non-passive form) is transitive,(iii) the main verb expresses an activity, taking agent subjects and patient objects. 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP Basic passives. Main features:(i) no agent phrase is present,(ii) the main verb (in its non-passive form) is transitive,(iii) the main verb expresses an activity, taking agent subjects and patient objects. 1. May 2020
Basic passives. Main features:(i) no agent phrase is present,(ii) the main verb (in its non-passive form) is transitive,(iii) the main verb expresses an activity, taking agent subjects and patient objects.