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Passive: Modern Hebrew
(3,442 words)
The passive construction is usually defined by its potential contrast to a corresponding transitive active construction. This contrast is often expressed by the use of a special verbal form, and by a switch of the grammatical roles: the direct object of the active verb is promoted in the passive to subject position, while its subject is demoted to the position of an optional complement (for further discussion and literature see Taube 1997a:2–13). The active-passive relation is amply discussed in the literature of all linguistic theories, and the centrality of the pa…
