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'''Pseudo-passive''' is a term which is used for the [[passive]] of [[preposition]]al [[verb]]s. [[Prepositional verb]]s are [[intransitive verb]]s followed by a [[PP|prepositional phrase]] which permits [[Preposition Stranding]]. This means that the passive construction can treat the [[NP]] [[complement]] of the preposition as a kind of [[direct object]] and [[promote]] it to [[subject]]. Compare the following examples from [[English]]:<br />
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(i) Someone has slept in my bed<br />
My bed has been slept in (by someone)<br />
(ii) Someone is pointing at me<br />
I don't like being pointed at<br />
(iii) Many people are sleeping in London<br />
* London is being slept in (by many people)<br />
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=== Links ===<br />
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Pseudo-passive&lemmacode=459 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br />
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=== References ===<br />
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* Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.<br />
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