A smuggling approach to the passive in english

.  I propose a theory of the passive that combines aspects of the principles and parameters analysis (no specific rules, no downward movement) and Chomsky's (1957) Syntactic Structures analysis (the arguments in the passive are generated in the same positions as they are in the active).

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Published in:Syntax (Oxford, England) England), 2005-08, Vol.8 (2), p.81-120
Main Author: Collins, Chris
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:.  I propose a theory of the passive that combines aspects of the principles and parameters analysis (no specific rules, no downward movement) and Chomsky's (1957) Syntactic Structures analysis (the arguments in the passive are generated in the same positions as they are in the active).
ISSN:1368-0005
1467-9612
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9612.2005.00076.x