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Have English and Dutch BE SAID TO constructions always been more than mere passives?

What is it about?

Diachronic collostructional evidence for the meaning of constructions like BE SAID TO in English and Dutch.

Why is it important?

The paper provides a type of evidence for the past constructional status of the BELIEVE-type nominative-and-infinitive in both English and Dutch which does not rely on the analyst's interpretation of individual examples.

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Timothy Colleman and Dirk Noël
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