Lexical versus transformational passives in Modern Greek
Part of : Γλωσσολογία ; Vol.2-3, 1983, pages 99-109
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In what follows, Modern Greek (M.G.) passives are analysed to provide some additional empirical evidence in support of Wasow's (1977) claim that the postulation of both transformational and lexical rules within EST is justified by the distinct functions fulfilled by these two rule types2. Thus, on the basis of Wasow's distinguishing criteria, it will be argued that M.G. be-passives are adjectival and should, therefore, be lexically derived, whereas non-be-passives require a transformational derivation.
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Περιέχει πίνακα και βιβλιογραφία, This paper was presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) which was held in Athens from the 8th to the 11th of September 1982.
