a strategy that is marginal for the passive--inverse voice construction in which there is a distinct, overt flag of higher animacy / higher information status -- that is, higher-salience -- Ps. Example: in Spanish, El director busca a un empleado The director is looking for a [specific] clerk, the phrase un empleado a clerk, referring to the P participant, uses the overt flag a. Differential object marking is not usually considered a strategy of the passive--inverse construction because the A participant is not reduced in salience, although the P participant is higher in salience. (Section 8.3)