Meanings
plural passivizations · alternative UK passivisation
- countableuncountablegrammarThe process of rendering into the passive form.
In contrast, it is difficult for a movement theory to selectively apply to some verbs and not all. The consequence for that approach has been to complicate the syntax of verbs which cannot passivize: It is proposed that they have a more complex syntax that doesn’t allow passivization.
2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 84
Origin
Translations
French passivisation
- passivisationTranslations
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