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• Λασκαράτου, Χρυσούλα

In this paper passive forms requiring a lexical derivation in Modern Greek (M.G.) (i.e. passive participles) and English (i.e. adjectival -edparticiples) are compared and contrasted on the basis of a set of morphosyntactic criteria, with a view to revealing the degree of their affinity to common adjectives. It is, thus, claimed that both M.G. and English adjectival passive participles exhibit a mixture of adjectival and verbal properties of a verbal nature. It is also shown that though this gradience in the adjectival vs verbal characteristics of lexical passives exists in both languages, nevertheless, M.G. and English manifest interesting differences with respect to its realizations.

• Languages and Literature

• Γλωσσολογία
• Grammar, Comparative and general

Περιέχει σημειώσεις και βιβλιογραφία, This paper was originally presented at the Third Symposium on the Description and/or Comparison of English and Greek held at Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, April lG'12, 1989. I would like to thank Prof. Theofanopoulou-Kontou and Dr. Maria Sifianou for discussing various sections of this paper with me and making insightful comments.