On v and Voice: German Medium verbs and their nominalizations
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1.1 Perfect auxiliary selection Like unergatives (1a), MVs select haben as an auxiliary in perfect formation (1b)-(1d). (1) a. Peter Peter hat have.AUX gesungen. sing.PRES.PERF b. Die the Tablette pill hat have.AUX gewirkt. take effect.PRES.PERF c. Die the Wunde wound hat have.AUX geblutet. bleed.PRES.PERF d. Das the Uran uran hat have.AUX gestrahlt. radiate.PRES.PERF 1.2 Impersonal Passive Unlike unergatives (2a) but like unaccusatives (2b), no impersonal passive can be formed (2c)-(2e) (2) a. Es it wurde be.AUX.PASS gesungen. sing b. *Es it wurde be.AUX.PASS gebrochen. broken c. *Es it wurde be.AUX.PASS gewirkt. taken effect d. *Es it wurde be.AUX.PASS geblutet. bleed e. *Es it wurde be.AUX.PASS gestrahlt. radiate 1.3 No middles Unlike unergatives (3a), no middle construction is possible (3b)-(3d) (3) a. Das the Lied song singt sings sich REFL leicht. easily. b. *Die The Tablette pill wirkt takes effect sich REFL leicht. easily. c. *Die The Wunde wound blutet bleeds sich REFL leicht. easily d. *Das The Uran uran strahlt radiates sich REFL leicht. easily.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013