Die Agensphrase mit "von" und "durch" beim persönlichen Agens in Passivsätzen

• Authors: Sticha F.

Title variants

EN

THE AGENT PHRASE WITH 'VON' AND 'DURCH' IN THE PASSIVE

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

According to some grammars of German the agent can be lexically added to the passive predicate both with the preposition 'von' and 'durch' without a distinct difference in meaning. These grammars do not forbid the use of such passive sentences as 'Eva wird durch Hans geliebt' or 'Buecher werden vor allem durch Frauen gelesen'. The use of the preposition 'durch' in such cases seems very unusual and may be considered ungrammatical. In such cases the search in a big corpus can be very useful. This article presents statistical support for arguing that the use of the preposition 'durch' in passive sentences with a personal agent (human, animal or institution) is ungrammatical in many cases. It can only be used if the agent is subjectively presented - in sentences like 'Im 5. bis 6. Jahrhundert wurden die Alemannen durch die Franken verdraengt' - as a sort of means.

Keywords

EN

'DURCH'; 'VON'; PASSIVE

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Linguistica Pragensia
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 57-67
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sticha F.

• F. Sticha, Linguistica Pragensia, Ustav pro jazyk cesky AV CR, v.v.i., Letenska 4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic, http://dlib.lib.cas.cz/3150/

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CEJSH db identifier

08CZAAAA05319