The Construal of Events
Passives in American Sign Language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5775170 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry Janzen (0009-0009-4642-1840), Barbara O’dea, Barbara O'dea, Barbara Shaffer |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 281-310 |
| Publication date | 2001-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sign language studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0302-1475 • E-ISSN: 1533-6263 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sls.2001.0009 |
| OpenAlex | W2025251677 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 16 |
The possibility of a passive construction existing in ASL has been alluded to from time to time in the literature on ASL grammar, but discussion is infrequent, and the usual conclusion is that a passive does not, in fact, exist. We contend, however, that a particular configuration of ASL grammatical features surrounding an otherwise transitive verb qualifies as a fully passive construction, and that these passives are more frequent in ASL discourse than may have been realized. This discussion continues and expands upon an earlier proposal in which we identify grammatical and functional characteristics of passive constructions in ASL discourse (Janzen, O'Dea, and Shaffer 2000
American Sign Language · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citations per year | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |