stative passive

stative passive: a passive-like construction with a form of the verb be + a past participle. The construction refers to a state. E.g. The house was nicely redecorated = Huset var pent oppusset. The window was closed = Vinduet var lukket/stengt. In a stative passive, the participle functions more or less as an adjective (in the example, closed contrasts with the adjective open, rather than with the verb opened), and can be analysed as a predicative in a S-V-sP structure. Compare dynamic passive.