Anglické pasivum se slovesem get v současné britské angličtině
English Get-Passives in Contemporary British English
Author(s): Dana Tyčová, Klára BrůhováSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: voice; passive voice; get-passive; be-passive;
Summary/Abstract: The present article is a corpus-based study of the get-passive in British English. The theoretical part focuses on the general characteristics of the get-passive, pointing out the differences between the be- and the get-passive. The empirical part analyzes 100 examples of passive constructions with get, excerpted from the Araneum Anglicum Minus corpus, from syntactic-semantic and pragmatic aspects. Our study shows that the get-passive proves to be a dynamic construction, occurring almost exclusively with dynamic verbs. Next, the subject of get-passives tends to have an agentive role, rather than the role of an affected participant. Finally, the analysis demonstrates that the get-passive occurs most frequently in situations with either an adverse or beneficial effect on the subject or person concerned. The article provides a syntactic-semantic analysis of English get-passives and aims to contribute to a more detailed description of this passive construction in contemporary British English.
Journal: Časopis pro moderní filologii
- Issue Year: 101/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 40-53
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Czech