passivizationn.
/ˌpasᵻvʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpæsəvəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌpæsəˌvaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Grammar.
Conversion to the passive form.
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1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax ii. 104 It accounts automatically for the restriction of passivization to Verbs that take Manner Adverbials freely.
1976 J. S. Gruber Lexical Struct. Syntax & Semantics i. iv. 98 The deletion of for in certain complement constructions apparently applies after passivization.
1991 Eng. World-Wide 12 302 Passivization is consistently over-extended to ergative verbs and ‘tough’ predicates.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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