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<p>New page: In German linguistics, the term &#039;&#039;&#039;recipient passive&#039;&#039;&#039; is used for a kind of <a href="/index.php/Passive" title="Passive">passive</a> construction in which it is not the <a href="/index.php/Patient" title="Patient">patient</a>/<a href="/index.php/Direct_object" title="Direct object">direct object</a> that becomes the subject, but th...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In German linguistics, the term '''recipient passive''' is used for a kind of [[passive]] construction in which it is not the [[patient]]/[[direct object]] that becomes the subject, but the [[recipient]]/[[indirect object]]. The recipient passive uses the auxiliary ''bekommen'' 'get', or equivalently ''kriegen'' 'get'.<br /> <br /> ===Example===<br /> From the active sentence ''Das Kind brachte der Mutter das Geschenk'' 'The child brought the mother the gift', two passives can be formed:<br /> * the ordinary direct-object passive: ''Das Geschenk wurde der Mutter (von dem Kind) gebracht'' 'The gift was given to the mother (by the child);<br /> * the recipient passive: ''Die Mutter bekam das Geschenk (von dem Kind) gebracht'' 'The mother was brought the gift (by the child).'<br /> <br /> ===Synonyms===<br /> * ''bekommen''-passive (e.g. Leirbukt 1997)<br /> * dative passive (e.g. Wegener 1985)<br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> *Askedal, John Ole. 2005. &quot;Grammatikalisierung und Persistenz im deutschen &quot;Rezipienten-Passiv&quot;.&quot; In: Leuschner, Thorsten et al. (eds.) ''Grammatikalisierung im Deutschen.'' Berlin: de Gruyter, 211-227.<br /> *Leirbukt, O. 1997. Untersuchungen zum 'bekommen'-Passiv im heutigen Deutsch. Tübingen: Niemeyer.<br /> *Wegener, Heide. 1985. &quot;Er bekommt widersprochen: Argumente für die Existenz eines Dativpassivs im Deutschen.&quot; ''Linguistische Berichte'' 96:127-139.<br /> <br /> ===other languages===<br /> German [[Rezipientenpassiv]]<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Voice]]</div>

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