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What is a passive? The case of Finnish
Author(s) -
Manninen Satu,
Nelson Diane
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
studia linguistica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1467-9582
pISSN - 0039-3193
DOI - 10.1111/j.0039-3193.2004.00115.x
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , key (lock) , computer science , linguistics , computer security , philosophy , programming language
. Several previous authors have argued that Finnish lacks a true passive construction, and relabel the form ‘‘indefinite,’’‘‘impersonal’’ or ‘‘suppressive’.’ In this paper, we first devise a set of criteria for passives cross‐linguistically; we then present syntactic and morphological evidence to show that the Finnish construction displays all the key features we would expect from a passive.