La participialité de l’AS adjectival après raken et la frontière floue avec la construction passive

Abstract

This article explores the possible continuum between the copular construction and the passive construction in the case of the Dutch verb raken. Since this continuum is already well established for the pattern [ zijn (‘ to be’) + past participle], it is legitimate to examine whether raken, which is also highly compatible with participles, can be used as a passive semi-auxiliary, next to its use as semi-copula. It will be shown that, despite some passive characteristics, the pattern [raken + past participle] is always an instantiation of the copular construction.