In:The New Arabic Lexicon and its Words: Root-based and templatic morphosyntax
Abdelkader Fassi Fehri
[Language Faculty and Beyond 21] 2026
► pp. 189–239
Chapter 6Passives, participles, nominals, and voice
Published online: 23 March 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.21.c6
https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.21.c6
Article outline
- 6.1Essential properties of passives
- 6.1.1Delimiting the domain of inquiry: Basic and non-basic passives
- 6.1.2Three passive constructions
- 6.1.3Specific word formation and morphology
- 6.1.4The passive morpheme: Voice, Asp, or (fused) Vasp?
- 6.1.5Thematic and argumental properties
- 6.1.6Binding properties and the implicit argument
- 6.1.7Case inhibition
- 6.2Classes of passives, their structures, and competing theories
- 6.2.1Two competing theories: ArgT and VaspT
- 6.2.2Passives, morphological passives, and categorization
- 6.2.3A comparison with Embick (2004)
- 6.2.4Homonymy and affixation
- 6.2.4.1Causative, inchoative, and reflexive
- 6.2.4.2Middles and passives
- 6.3lmplementing VoiT (or VaspT)
- 6.3.1Thematic identification
- 6.3.2lmpersonal passives and the 1AEX
- 6.3.3Aspectual properties of the passive affix
- 6.3.3.1The compositional nature of the passive aspect
- 6.3.3.2Statives as a source of Arabic verbal passives
- 6.4Recent elaborations on the passive theory (VoiP or PassP),
and variation- 6.4.1Collins (2005)
- 6.4.2Alexiadou et al (2018)
- 6.4.3Passive formation and variation (Greek vs English)
- 6.4.4SA and MA
- 6.5Summary and conclusion
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