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ERIC Number: EJ411901
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Passive Semantics: Ambiguity of the Short Passive.
Cook, Walter A.
Georgetown Journal of Languages and Linguistics, v1 n1 p25-30 Win 1990
Presents clues for determining whether "short passives," passive sentences from which the "by"-phrase has been deleted, are actually passive or stative. The clues include intensifiers, the verb "seems," contrasts, present tense, past tense, progressive aspect, and confirmation by examples. (CB)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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