passivization
nounEtymology From passive + -ization.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences US The process of rendering into the passive form.
- In contrast, it is difficult for a movement theory to selectively apply to some verbs and not all. The consequence for that approach has been to complicate the syntax of verbs which cannot passivize: It is proposed that they have a more complex syntax that doesn’t allow passivization.2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 84:
- Related terms
- medio-passivization, passivize