In Favour of the Raising Analysis of Passivisation
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Proceedings of LFG14; CSLI Publications On-line
This paper presents arguments from Polish in support of the raising analysis of passivisation. It shows that it is preferable to the current mainstream analysis where the passivised verb is treated as the main verb. Arguments for the raising analysis are based on the interaction of passivisation and negation, as well as on coordination facts involving predicative constructions.