Original version
Nordic Atlas of Language Structures (NALS) Journal. 2014, 1, 165-181
Abstract
The Nordic languages have non-canonical passive constructions with GET + past participle, as in the Swedish examples in (1).[1] These examples have in common that the subject of GET is not (necessarily) interpreted as the agent of the participial event. As in canonical passives, the external argument of the participial verb is demoted or implicit in GET-passives. [...]