Impersonal Passives and the Unaccusative Hypothesis
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Year: 1978
Type: article
Abstract: <p>In this paper I give one argument in favor of the advancement analysis of impersonal passives over the demotion analysis. The argument is based on the interaction of this phenomenon with an i... more
Author David M. Perlmutter
Cites: 7
Cited by: 1,563
Related to: 10
FWCI: 13.1
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 99.84
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Sustainable Development Goal Quality education
Open Access status: bronze