Accusative case in passives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3988042 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Grant Goodall (0000-0003-4652-9009, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling.1999.37.1.1 |
| OpenAlex | W1746003150 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The standard explanation for Ν Ρ movement in the passive construction has been that the N P must move into the nominative position because no accusative case is available. This paper examines the implications for this view of some double-object constructions in Mandarin Chinese and English that are ungrammatical as active clauses but improve significantly as passives. These facts are unexpected under the standard view of passives, but I suggest that they can be explained if we assume that the second object is not licensed for case in the active versions but is able to check accusative case in the passive version, thus arguing that accusative case is available in passive clauses
Dative case · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Nominative case · Object (grammar) · Verb · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2017 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |