@article {Наймушин2001a, title = {Залог и преходност (върху материали от българския, руския и английския език)}, journal = {Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание / Contrastive linguistics}, volume = {26}, year = {2001}, pages = {5{\textendash}13}, abstract = {The article deals with the controversial issue of the relations between voice and transitivity. It is claimed that the traditional approach which maintains the existence of a direct and obligatory connection between transitivity and passivization potential contradicts language reality. A proposal is made to replace the traditional binary opposition of transitive/intransitive verbs with a scale of transitivity.}, author = {Наймушин, Борис} } @article {Наймушин2001, title = {Наблюдения върху семантиката и употребата на страдателните конструкции (върху материали от български, руски и английски език)}, journal = {Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание / Contrastive linguistics}, volume = {26}, year = {2001}, pages = {22{\textendash}35}, abstract = {This article offers a look into the controversial issue of the semantics and usage of passive structures by examining evidence from Bulgarian, Russian, and English. Efforts are made to clarify the semantic differences between active and passive structures, especially with respect to the notions of {\quotedblbase}passive meaning{\textquotedblleft} and {\quotedblbase}centrifugal/centripetal direction of verbal action{\textquotedblleft}}, author = {Наймушин, Борис} }