Impersonal passives in icelandic

This paper argues that /celandic impersonal passives have a constructional property that expresses generic events. After having demonstrated their basic characteristics, it is shown that the notion of 'activity' is inadequate for the explanation of why the construction is licensed. The beh...

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Published in:Linguistica
Main Author: Toshiko Yamaguchi
Format: Article
Language:German
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2000-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/linguistica/article/view/3844