The agentive passive in Slovenian from a corpus pragmatics perspective

Mikolič Južnič, Tamara (avtor), Pisanski Peterlin, Agnes (avtor)

The agentive passive involves agent demotion; consequently, its use is closely linked to information structure in fixed word-order languages, but its function in flexible word-order languages is less clear. The present corpus-based study examines the use of the agentive passive with the -n/-t participle in Slovenian, a flexible word-order language, focusing on how the register and the semantic and pragmatic factors influence its use. Two reference corpora of contemporary Slovenian were used in the analysis: GOS, comprising spoken discourse, and KRES, comprising mainly written discourse. The results show that the passive with s strani is used more frequently than the traditional passive with od. A cross-register comparison reveals considerable differences in the use of the agentive passive with s strani and od. The findings also reveal that the agentive passive is often used to reduce the responsibility of the agent to avoid assigning blame or to create the impression of objectivity.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: agentive passive, type of agent, type of verb, responsibility attribution, Slovenian
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 01.01.2026
• Leto izida: 2026
• Št. strani: Str. 1-26
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-186436
• UDK: 811.163.6'366.573
• ISSN pri članku: 1018-2101
• DOI: 10.1075/prag.24094.mik
• COBISS.SI-ID: 288910851
• Datum objave v RUL: 01.09.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Pragmatics
• Skrajšan naslov: Pragmatics
• Založnik: IPrA Research Center
• ISSN: 1018-2101
• COBISS.SI-ID: 19665762

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Licenca Creative Commons, ki prepoveduje komercialno uporabo, vendar uporabniki ne rabijo upravljati materialnih avtorskih pravic na izpeljanih delih z enako licenco.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: pasiv z izraženim vršilcem, tip vršilca, tip glagola, pripisovanje odgovornosti, slovenščina

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P6-0446-2024
• Naslov: Teoretično, opisno in uporabno prevodoslovje

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P6-0215-2019
• Naslov: Slovenski jezik - bazične, kontrastivne in aplikativne raziskave