Syntactic Tolerance: Is It Possible to Passivise Intransitive Verbs with Prepositional Objects? Cover Image

Syntactische tolerantie: hoe voorzetselvoorwerpen bij intransitieve werkwoorden ook in een passieve zin kunnen voorkomen?
Syntactic Tolerance: Is It Possible to Passivise Intransitive Verbs with Prepositional Objects?

Author(s): Agnieszka Flor-Górecka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: the Dutch language; prepositional objects; intransitive verbs; passivisation

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to answer the question whether it is possible to form a passive voice of intransitive verbs with prepositional objects. First, I present the information concerning prepositional objects and subsequently provide a brief discussion of the passive voice in Dutch. I also present conditions under which an intransitive verb with a prepositional object is allowed to undergo passivisation.

  • Issue Year: 68/2020
  • Issue No: 5S
  • Page Range: 119-138
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Dutch