The Advent Of The Prepositional Passive: An Innovation Of Middle English?

Goh, Gwang-Yoon

English Studies 2001 82 (3)203-217
(ReLIS:jul:juljig:y:2001:v:82:i:3:p:203-217)

Abstract:

This conspicuous diachronic fact about the English passive, however, has often been equated with the assumption that the advent of the P-Passive was an innovation purely of the ME period (which I will call the ‘ME-innovation’ hypothesis) and this widely-held assumption has continuously encouraged many relevant previous studies to ignore or neglect certain important aspects of the changes in the English passive.2 In particular, despite considerable research.

Keywords: Inglés ; Verbos
Pages: 203-217
Volume: 82
Year: 2001
Issue: 3

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