Slovenian Refl exive Passive (in Natural Syntax)

Authors

  • Janez OREŠNIK

Keywords:

slovenščina, teorija naravnosti, skladnja, glagol, trpnik, Slovene language, naturalness theory, syntax, verb, passive

Abstract

Slovenian distinguishes between the past participle passive and the (personal and impersonal) reflexive passive. In this paper, the weight is on the reflexive passive. - Natural syntax (a branch of naturalness theory) defines the presuppositions with whose help the following state of affairs in the Slovenian reflexive passive can be predicted: (1( The reflexive passive is less frequent tokenwise than the past participle passive. (2) The personal reflexive passive is used almost only in the third grammatical persons, whereas the past participle passive is used in all grammatical persons. (3) The impersonal reflexive passive is less frequent tokenwise than the personal one. (4) In the impersonal subtype the patient is in situ, whereas in the personal subtype the patient is not in situ.

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Published

2007-01-15

How to Cite

OREŠNIK, J. (2007) “Slovenian Refl exive Passive (in Natural Syntax)”, Slavistična revija, 55(1-2), pp. 32–39. Available at: https://srl.si/ojs/srl/article/view/COBISS_ID-26826285 (Accessed: 19 April 2025).

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 1-2 (2007)

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