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1.2.Alternations involving the external argument
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This section discusses alternations that in one way or another involve external arguments of verbs. We will discuss passivization in Section 3.2.1, middle formation in Section 3.2.2 and causativization in Section 3.2.3.

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a. Passivization: demotion of the external argument to adjunct status
b. Middle formation: suppression of the external argument
c. Causativization: addition of an external argument
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