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Resultative passives in Finnish

Manninen, Satu LU (2013)
Abstract
In this article, I argue that Finnish passive participle (e.g. avattu 'opened' and suljettu 'closed') can be multiply ambiguous: the "same" morphophonological forms exhibit different patterns of eventivity and agentivity, and are used to form "traditional" non-agreeing passives, agreeing resultative passives and agreeing sentences that describe "pure" states and behave in most contexts like "traditional" copula-adjective constructions. I show that in Finnish, Participle Phrases that look similar on the outside can be formed in different ways, and that these Participle Phrases are selected by different superordinate heads, to form either a non-agreeing passive, an agreing resultative, or a "pure" stative sentence.
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passives, Finnish
host publication
Approaches to Hungarian: Papers from the 2011 Lund Conference
editor
Brandtler, Johan ; Molnar, Valeria and Platzack, Christer
publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
project
When agents disappear: on the morpho-syntax, semantics and informational value of passive, middle and active impersonal constructions
language
Finnish
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yes
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079d539c-a084-4a62-bb3d-c9d87b7273f4 (old id 3217994)
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2016-04-04 10:59:03
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  abstract     = {{In this article, I argue that Finnish passive participle (e.g. avattu 'opened' and suljettu 'closed') can be multiply ambiguous: the "same" morphophonological forms exhibit different patterns of eventivity and agentivity, and are used to form "traditional" non-agreeing passives, agreeing resultative passives and agreeing sentences that describe "pure" states and behave in most contexts like "traditional" copula-adjective constructions. I show that in Finnish, Participle Phrases that look similar on the outside can be formed in different ways, and that these Participle Phrases are selected by different superordinate heads, to form either a non-agreeing passive, an agreing resultative, or a "pure" stative sentence.}},
  author       = {{Manninen, Satu}},
  booktitle    = {{Approaches to Hungarian: Papers from the 2011 Lund Conference}},
  editor       = {{Brandtler, Johan and Molnar, Valeria and Platzack, Christer}},
  keywords     = {{passives; Finnish}},
  language     = {{fin}},
  publisher    = {{John Benjamins Publishing Company}},
  title        = {{Resultative passives in Finnish}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}