Form, Meaning and Aspect in the German Impersonal Passive

«Michelle Leese's book is a must-read for those interested in the German impersonal passive. Based on an experimental study of almost 400 zero-argument passives she convincingly shows that this allegedly "exceptional" passive is the very core from which all werden -passives in their meaning as "event-focused action" are derived.» (Petra M. Vogel, Professor of German Linguistics, University of Siegen, Germany) «This book presents a vast amount of original data to confront a glaring weakness of th