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Passivization of English ditransitive verbs
 Herrmannová, Tereza ; Brůhová, Gabriela (advisor) ; Dušková, Libuše (referee)
The present thesis will attempt to describe ditransitive verbs and their passivization. Ditransitive verbs require complementation by an indirect object and a direct object. Usually there are two passive constructions possible: the passive subject is realized by either the indirect object or the direct object. These constructions are called the first and second passive, respectively. The selection of the passive construction is affected by functional sentence perspective (FSP). The subject of the passive construction is the thematic object of the active sentence, i.e. the object with the lower degree of communicative dynamism; the remaining object is in the final position and constitutes the rheme. Passive sentences therefore usually implement the Quality Scale (communication is perspectived away from the subject). Previous studies have suggested, however, that passive constructions with ditransitive verbs may also present a new phenomenon on the scene and thus constitute the Presentation Scale in which communication is perspectived towards the subject. The aim of this thesis is to verify this hypothesis and to describe the factors that influence the selection of the passive construction (first or second passive). Focus will be on the semantics of the chosen verbs lend and offer, object deletion,...
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