Alternation ‘Passive’ (Coded)

The passive suffix is one of three suffixes which can detransitivize a transitive stem. The others are the reflexive suffix and the reciprocal suffix. None of these suffixes attaches directly to the root but follows one of the transitive suffixes. The passive patient is marked by the object suffixes. The logical agent is demoted and expressed, if at all, by an oblique NP.

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