PHILOLOGY. ASIAN STUDIES. JOURNALISM.
Issue 1, 2014
CONTENTS
| Section | LINGUISTICS | ||
| Codes UDC | 81�366.57 | Page | 144-151 |
| Title | THE �IMPERSONAL PASSIVE� CONSTRUCTION RE-EXAMINED | ||
| Author 1 | Zelikov Mikhail V. | St. Petersburg State University 7/9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation Doctor of Philology, Professor e-mail: zelikovmv@yahoo.com |
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| Summary | In this article the syntactic data traditionally qualified as �agentless� constructions of the �impersonal passive� are reviewed. The considered constructions represent a kind of structures where the agentive component is elipticaly omitted. Also is well known that the nuclear element responsible for the formation of the real impersonal constructions may be both �intransitive� (subject) and �transitive� (object) verbs. Moreover, the division in question of all verbal units on �transitive� and �intransitive� in most cases prove to be superfi cial. This incorrect interpretation is based on the use of the only one term �impersonal� (also �Verba impersonalia�) considered valid for real impersonal and indefi nite-personal sentences. | ||
| Keywords | impersonal passive, passive, impersonality, agentive, active, subject, object. | ||