Studies Of Passive Clauses
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Studies Of Passive Clauses
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Author : Paul Martin Postal
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1986-01-01
Studies Of Passive Clauses written by Paul Martin Postal and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In this work, Paul M. Postal supports the universalist theory of language by examining passive clauses. Contrary to a skeptical tradition, Postal argues that passive clauses are cross-linguistically identifiable and characterizable. This study proposes refinements of the analysis of the natural language grammatical category Passive Clause. These refinements include an account of the notion 'dummy nominal,' central to the analysis of impersonal passive clauses; additions permitting a proper typology of the major known subtypes of Passive Clause; a generalization permitting application to clauses whose subjects are not earlier level direct objects; and, construction of precise rule concepts to represent restrictions on passive clauses. The passive domain supports the universalist approach in three distinguishable ways: (1) by permitting formulation of otherwise apparently unstatable lawful characteristics of all passive structures; (2) by facilitating statement of language-specific passive constraints holding in diverse languages; and, (3) by allowing uniform statement in grammars of recurrent constraints on passives. Each mode of support is applied to actual cases based on material from more than a dozen languages from English and French to Quiche (Mayan) and Chi-Mwi:ni (Bantu).
Studies In The Function Of The Passive
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Author : Gabriele Stein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Studies In The Function Of The Passive written by Gabriele Stein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with English language categories.
Bare Passives And Relative Clauses In Be Passive Form As Modifiers
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Author : Annika Onken
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2008
Bare Passives And Relative Clauses In Be Passive Form As Modifiers written by Annika Onken and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Münster, 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: 1Introduction In order to learn more about the English language and how it is actually used by the native speaker community I am going to investigate the occurrence of bare passives as modifiers and of relative clauses in be-passive form which can be compared to the former in its function as modifier. With help of the queries I will find out how many of these constructions exist in The Penn Treebank and then take a closer look at the beginning of sentences. Which of these two grammatical phenomenon is more frequent at the beginnings of sentences and why? Firstly in this term paper, I will introduce the grammatical phenomenon of the passive voice with its variants 'be-passive', 'get-passive' and 'bare passive' by contrasting it to the active voice. Furthermore I will explain the development of the different queries needed for the research whose findings will be discussed subsequent to that.
Studies In The Modern Russian Language
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Author : W. Harrison
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1967-12-02
Studies In The Modern Russian Language written by W. Harrison and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967-12-02 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A series of detailed studies, first published in 1967, of the most characteristic, and often the most difficult, features of the modern Russian language, designed to supplement the necessarily over-compressed treatment given in standard courses. The first study, 'The Expression of the Passive Voice', addresses the variety of Russian constructions that are available to the English-speaking student when confronted by a passive construction which he has to translate into Russian. Mr Harrison summarises the three main means of expressing the passive voice in Russian and points out the differences of emphasis between them. The second study, 'Agreement of the Verb-Predicate with a Collective Subject', examines the conclusions of several authorities on this point of Russian grammar. Mr Mullen analyses examples taken from various Russian sources and suggests factors which favour the choice of one or other agreement with collective subjects in current usage.
Inductive Studies In English Grammar
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Author : William Rainey Harper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Inductive Studies In English Grammar written by William Rainey Harper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with English language categories.
Passive And Voice
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Author : Masayoshi Shibatani
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1988-01-01
Passive And Voice written by Masayoshi Shibatani and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume brings together 18 original papers dealing with voice-related phenomena.The languages dealt with represent both typological and geographic diversity, ranging from accusative-type languages to ergative-type and Philippine-type languages, and from Australia to Africa and Siberia. The studies presented here open up many possibilities for theorizing and offer data inviting formal treatments, but the most important contribution they make is in terms of the insights they offer for a better understanding of the fundamentals of voice phenomena.
Studies In English Grammar
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Author : Alfred Hix Welsh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
Studies In English Grammar written by Alfred Hix Welsh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with English language categories.
Studies On The Passive Voice In Standard Chinese
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Author : Ingrid H. Dinter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Studies On The Passive Voice In Standard Chinese written by Ingrid H. Dinter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Chinese language categories.
Non Canonical Passives
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Author : Artemis Alexiadou
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2013-03-28
Non Canonical Passives written by Artemis Alexiadou and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-28 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume contains a selection of papers dealing with constructions that have a passive-like interpretation but do not seem to share all the properties with canonical passives. The fifteen chapters of this volume raise important questions concerning the proper characterization of the universal properties of passivization and reflect the current discussion in this area, covering syntactic, semantic, psycho-linguistic and typological aspects of the phenomenon, from different theoretical perspectives and in different language families and backed up in most cases by extensive corpora and experimental studies.
Passive And Perspective
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Author : Louise H. Cornelis
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-06-08
Passive And Perspective written by Louise H. Cornelis and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-08 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The passive construction in Dutch represents a long-standing problem both in linguistics and in written communications. This book proposes a new analysis of the passive in Dutch, integrating insights from theoretical (especially cognitive) linguistics and rhetoric/composition. The point of departure is the observation that the Dutch passive has a demonstrable perspective effect in texts: the passive discourages identification with the agent, and this in fact is the meaning of the Dutch passive construction. This meaning forms the basis for a solution to a number of text problems, including the problem of how to best use the passive in computer manuals. We can also understand the passive's role in specific texts. For example, it becomes clear why policy paper writers use so many passives. Finally, in one of the case studies it is shown why passives were used differently in the NRC Handelsblad, a Rotterdam daily newspaper, and in the Parool, from Amsterdam, when they both reported that Ajax, Amsterdam's football team, became the national soccer champion.