The agentive phrase with ´von´ and ´durch´ with the personal agent in passive sentences

Abstract

The analysis of corpus material shows that the preposition ´durch´ is only used with the agent of a passive sentence, if this agent is subjectively viewed as a kind of 'instrument'. Sentences like ´Sie ist durch ihn geliebt. ´ are declared

Keywords

• agentive
• phrase
• ´von´
• ´durch´
• personal
• agent
• passive
• sentences