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Universal 462:

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Universal 462:

Original
If there is an opposition of active and passive voice, then the NP which has the semantic role of patient of the verbs “to create” and “to destroy” (see , ) is considered the subject in the passive voice.
Standardized
The patient of verbs of creating and destroying is the subject in the passive voice, if there is one.
Keywords
diathesis, passive, transitivity, subject, direct object, agent, patient
Domain
inflection, syntax, semantics
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
?
Source
Kozinsky 1995: 152
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Syntactic division of the active voice is the same as described in #462 (Kozinsky 1995). An intellectual breakthrough.

    1. May 2020

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