The Rise of the English GET-Passive

Givón, T.; Yang, Lynne

doi:10.1075/tsl.27.07giv

In:Voice: Form and Function
Edited by Barbara A. Fox and Paul J. Hopper
[Typological Studies in Language 27] 1994
► pp. 119–150

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The Rise of the English GET-Passive

T. Givón

Lynne Yang

Published online: 6 April 1994

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.27.07giv

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