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Some languages possess both passive and antipassive constructions

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SUPPORTED
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Is it true that some languages possess both passive and antipassive constructions?

Yes. Linguistic research and typological studies document languages that utilize both passive and antipassive constructions to manage argument structure and grammatical voice.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 2 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

The analysis

The claim is a specific, empirical assertion about linguistic typology, namely that certain languages contain both passive and antipassive constructions. The retrieved literature discusses voice systems, including passive and antipassive parameters in various languages, supporting the assertion without encountering direct refutations in the provided corpus.

Evidence for · 2
2018
Discusses both passive and antipassive voice constructions within the same linguistic context.
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Kusuma, I. (2018). Passive and Antipassive Voice Ergative Type of Nusantara Language. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2991/prasasti-18.2018.27

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2026
Refers to both passive voice morphology and other morphosyntactic phenomena as distinct features within grammar generation.
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Nakashole, N., Adelani, D. I., Alabi, J. O., Fan, A., Kreutzer, J., Shen, X., Reid, M., Ruiter, D., Klakow, D., Nabende, P., Chang, E., Gwadabe, T., Sackey, F., Dossou, B., Emezue, C. C., Leong, C., Beukman, M., Muhammad, S. H., Jarso, G. D., Yousuf, O., Rubungo, A., Hacheme, G., Peter, E., Nasir, M. U., Ajibade, B. A., Ajayi, T., Gitau, Y. W., Abbott, J., Ahmed, M., Ochieng, M., Aremu, A., Ogayo, P., Mukiibi, J., Ouoba, F., Kaboré, Koffi, G., Derguene, K., Mbaye, A. A., Tapo, V. M., Koagne, E. M., Munkoh-Buabeng, V., Wagner, Anil, R., Borgeaud, S., Wu, Y., Alayrac, J., Yu, J., Soricut, R., Schalkwyk, J., Dai, A. M., Hauth, A., Mil-lican, K., Silver, D., Petrov, S., Johnson, M., Antonoglou, I., Schrittwieser, J., Glaese, A., Chen, J., Pitler, E., Lillicrap, T., Lazaridou, A., Firat, O., Molloy, J. S., Xu, Y., Doherty, R., Collins, E., Meyer, C., Rutherford, E., Moreira, E., Ayoub, K. W., Goel, M., Tucker, G., Pi-queras, E., Krikun, M., Barr, I., Savinov, N., Danihelka, I., Roelofs, B., White, A., Andreassen, A., Glehn, T. v., Yagati, L., Kazemi, M., Gonzalez, L., Khalman, M., Bapna, A., Caswell, I., Fi-rat, O., Esch, D., Siddhant, A., Niu, M., Baljekar, P., García, X., Macherey, W., Nielsen, E., Luo, J., Cherry, C., Kovacs, G., Shemtov, H., Talukdar, P., Tewari, B. D., Diané, M., Moussa, K., Doumbouya, D., Solo, D., 2025, F. C., Smol, Marie, T., Crane, K., Andy, L., 2004, W., & Hai (2026). Grammar as Control: Modular Language Generation for the Long Tail. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2026.acl-long.1725

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The claim is a specific, empirical assertion about linguistic typology, namely that certain languages contain both passive and antipassive constructions. The retrieved literature discusses voice systems, including passive and antipassive parameters in various languages, supporting the assertion without encountering direct refutations in the provided corpus.

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