Necessitative Passive Voice ( Concept )
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            |_ Linguistic Property
                  |_ Morphosyntactic Property
                        |_ Voice Property
                              |_ Necessitative Passive Voice

Definition:

A passive in Irish in which the preposition "with" is used, and a semantic meaning of necessity is added. [Noonan 1994,280]



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Language Code: gle The necessitative passive is a passive in Irish Gaelic in which the preposition 'with' is used, and a semantic meaning of necessity is added.
2009-06-04 13:28:08
bhísílebeacánacheannach
wasshewithmushroomstobuy.NOM
She had/was to buy mushrooms.

References:
Noonan (1994:280) in Fox and Hopper (1994)


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