У статті визначено ієрархію складників парадигми пасиву, з’ясовано структурні особливості пасивних конструкцій, специфіку їх
функціонування та критерії нормативності в сучасному адміністративно-канцелярському підстилі.
The dominance of passive constructions over active constructions is one
of the defining features of official and business style of the modern
Ukrainian language, including its administrative and formal substyle. The
analysis of tutorials and reference literature on official and business
language published at the end of the twentieth – beginning of the twentyfirst
centuries argues the fact of the passive paradigm transformation: the
core is shaped by verbs constructions with -ся, periphery – by predicative
forms with -но, -то endings and passive participles with -ний, -тий. The
essential advantage of verb constructions with -ся over other types of
passive constructions indicating their movement from the last periphery to
the passive paradigm center is due to the history of the development of
the official business style. It mainly depends on personal preferences of
publishers of specialized official business style editions. Their language
characteristics are generated as the result of the insufficient level of
mastering the standards of speech.
