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This research article investigates the morphosyntax of passive constructions in ChiHwesa, a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe, revealing that its passive systems are structurally stratified and involve a set of affixes that suppress external arguments while promoting non-actor arguments to subject position. The study utilizes Lexical Mapping Theory to analyze how these morphological forms affect argument structure and valency reduction, providing a comprehensive examination of the five passive affixes ident
- Author
- chirimaungat
- Language
- EN