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What is a passive? The case of Finnish

Manninen, Satu LU and Nelson, Diane (2004) In Studia Linguistica 58(3). p.212-251
Abstract
Several previous authors have argued that Finnish lacks a true passive construction, and relabel the form ''indefinite,''''impersonal'' or ''suppressive'.' In this paper, we first devise a set of criteria for passives cross-linguistically; we then present syntactic and morphological evidence to show that the Finnish construction displays all the key features we would expect from a passive.
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1467-9582
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10.1111/j.0039-3193.2004.00115.x
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English
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