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Passive Construction Variation

Passive Construction Variation is a syntactic phenomenon denoting the cross-linguistic or intra-linguistic divergences in the structural realization and usage of passive voice constructions, distinguished by systematic differences in morphosyntactic encoding, argument demotion, or agentive expression across languages or dialects.

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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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The syntactic construction of two non-active Voices: Passive and middle

Edit Doron · Journal of Linguistics · 2011 · 309 citations

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More individual differences in language attainment: How much do adult native speakers of English know about passives and quantifiers?

James A. Street, Ewa Dąbrowska · Lingua · 2010 · 229 citations

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Gradient auxiliary selection and impersonal passivization in German: an experimental investigation

Frank Keller, Antonella Sorace · Journal of Linguistics · 2003 · 168 citations

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The choice between bli-passive and s-passive in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish

Elisabet Engdahl · 1999 · 155 citations

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    Langa Khumalo

    University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    2 publications · 42 citations

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    Dirk Noël

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    2 publications · 66 citations

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    Paul Bennett

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    2 publications · 92 citations

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  4. TM
    Tony McEnery

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 163 citations

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    Xavier Parramon

    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

    1 publications · 70 citations

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  1. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    133 citations

  2. Bar-Ilan University

    Ramat Gan, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  3. Ghent University Hospital

    Ghent, Belgium

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    130 citations

  4. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    77 citations

  5. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    355 citations

  6. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    87 citations

  7. University of Insubria

    Varese, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    54 citations

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  1. Lingua

    4 publications · 373 citations

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  2. Studies in Language

    4 publications · 151 citations

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  3. Journal of Linguistics

    3 publications · 491 citations

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  4. Langages

    3 publications · 73 citations

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  5. Journal of Chinese linguistics

    2 publications · 38 citations

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