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Development Of Passive Constructions

Development of Passive Constructions is a diachronic linguistic phenomenon within historical syntax characterized by the emergence, specialization, and grammaticalization of syntactic structures that mark the patient or undergoer as the grammatical subject while demoting or omitting the agent.

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Case and grammatical functions: The Icelandic passive

Annie Zaenen, Joan Maling · Natural Language & Linguistic Theory · 1985 · 718 citations

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Passive arguments raised

Mark C. Baker, Kyle Johnson, Ian Roberts · Linguistic Inquiry · 1989 · 659 citations

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<b>Case marking and reanalysis</b> : Grammatical relations from Old to Early Modern English. By Cynthia L. Allen Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. Pp. xviii, 509.

Rochelle Lieber · Language · 1997 · 284 citations

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Passive and Stative in Chichewa: Evidence for Modular Distinctions in Grammar

Stanley Dubinsky, Silvester Ron Simango · Language · 1996 · 270 citations

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Subject, topic and Sesotho passive

Katherine Demuth · Journal of Child Language · 1990 · 231 citations

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  1. KM
    Katherine Messenger

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 345 citations

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    Holly P. Branigan

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 318 citations

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    Janet F. McLean

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 318 citations

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  4. HL
    Henrietta Lempert

    University of Toronto, Canada

    4 publications · 103 citations

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    Kirsten Abbot‐Smith

    University of Kent, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 298 citations

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  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    738 citations

  3. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    690 citations

  4. University of Pavia

    Pavia, Italy

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    180 citations

  5. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    182 citations

  6. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    198 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    346 citations

  8. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    286 citations

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  1. Journal of Child Language

    10 publications · 796 citations

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  2. Lingua

    7 publications · 426 citations

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  3. Language

    6 publications · 985 citations

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  4. Language Acquisition

    4 publications · 273 citations

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  5. Cognition

    4 publications · 529 citations

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