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Allexkramer432 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Difference between stative passive and adjective

Is there a difference between stative passive and adjectives? Most specifically, I am thinking of past participles here.

The reason I ask is because of a section, "Stative and passive uses", that I came across on a Wikipedia page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_passive_voice

  

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allexkramer432 Is there a difference between stative passive and adjectives? "stative passive" (or "statal passive") describes the whole construction; "adjective" describes just the one word, the participle used as an adjective. allexkramer432 "Stative and passive uses" This draws attention to the fact that some of these constructions are ambiguous without context.

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  • allexkramer432 Is there a difference between stative passive and adjectives?
  • "stative passive" (or "statal passive") describes the whole construction; "adjective" describes just the one word, the participle used as an adjective.
  • allexkramer432 "Stative and passive uses" This draws attention to the fact that some of these constructions are ambiguous without context.
  • , adjectives after the linking verb be .
  • The example given in the Wiki article makes this clear by showing the two interpretations of The window was broken .
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allexkramer432Is there a difference between stative passive and adjectives?

"stative passive" (or "statal passive") describes the whole construction; "adjective" describes just the one word, the participle used as an adjective.

allexkramer432"Stative and passive uses"

This draws attention to the fact that some of t

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allexkramer432

Is there a difference between stative passive and adjectives? Most specifically, I am thinking of past participles here.

The simple answer is yes, there can be.

While it's true that adjectival passives have a stative interpretation, it is also true that verbal passives can be stative. Consider:

[1] She is criticised by ev

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