What Is Happening to What Was Happened?

Authors

Nirada Simargool

Publication Date

2006-11-01

Abstract

Unaccusative verbs such as happen, occur, and appear are intransitive verbs that have theme subjects and are particularly prone to passivization by EFL learners. Some scholars attribute this to L1 influence, some attribute it to learners not distinguishing between transitive and unaccusative verbs, and others attribute it to the absence of an agent or the presence of a theme object. Like other research, this study shows that Thai students produce passive unaccusative constructions for more than one reason.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.39.1.3

First Page

49

Last Page

69

Recommended Citation

Simargool, Nirada (2006) "What Is Happening to What Was Happened?," PASAA: Vol. 39: Iss. 1, Article 4.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.39.1.3
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol39/iss1/4