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Diachronic Change in the English Passive

Diachronic Change in the English Passive

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Series: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change

Grammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 0230553451
ISBN13: 9780230553453
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Nov 5 2008
Pages: 286
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
In this coherent historical development of the passive voice in English, the main argument deals not only with the passive per se, but also with its related constructions, which can play vital parts in identifying both functional and structural motivations for creating the passive.

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