Middle and passive-like readings
Distinguish spontaneous, passive-like, and dispositional interpretations from context.
Книги продаются здесь is passive-like; Эта книга легко читается is a dispositional middle; Дверь открывается can describe spontaneous or middle change.
- Passive-like: an institutional process.
- Middle: a characteristic or ease of action.
- Spontaneous change: an event without an expressed external agent.
Mini-check
What does Эта книга легко читается most naturally express?
Advanced pattern
Context, animacy, lexical convention, and discourse determine whether a reflexive form receives passive-like, middle, or spontaneous interpretation.