The passive of reflexive verbs in Icelandic

The Reflexive Passive in Icelandic is reminiscent of the so-called New Passive (or New Impersonal) in that the oblique case of a passivized object NP is preserved. As is shown by recent surveys, however, speakers who accept the Reflexive Passive do not necessarily accept the New Passive, whereas con...

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Main Authors: Hlíf Árnadóttir, Thórhallur Eythórsson, Einar Freyr Sigurðsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2011-10-01
Series:Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/2024