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Babel. Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation, 1996
ABSTRACT This paper starts by discussing the importance of word order in translation. As an example, the passive-active relation is given to illustrate the importance of word order. It is shown that the word order in this case is an integral part of the meaning in the wider sense of meaning. This relation, moreover, is discussed in Arabic and English
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ABSTRACT This paper starts by discussing the importance of word order in translation. As an example, the passive-active relation is given to illustrate the importance of word order. It is shown that the word order in this case is an integral part of the meaning in the wider sense of meaning. This relation, moreover, is discussed in Arabic and English
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1988
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.
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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.
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1958
In a passive construction the subject of the sentence undergoes the action of the verb. Dutch expresses this relationship by the use of the verb worden, the independent meaning of which is ‘to become’, plus the past participle of the verb. The agent is indicated by door ‘by’
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In a passive construction the subject of the sentence undergoes the action of the verb. Dutch expresses this relationship by the use of the verb worden, the independent meaning of which is ‘to become’, plus the past participle of the verb. The agent is indicated by door ‘by’
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The Passive Voice Is Deemed to Be Bad
Hospital Practice, 1984(1984). The Passive Voice Is Deemed to Be Bad. Hospital Practice: Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 155-159.
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PASSIVE VOICE AND ACTIVE VOICE
Cemara Education and ScienceBackground: Expert guidelines recommend using active over passive voice to improve clarity in Englishacademic writing. However, few systematic reviews synthesize research on reader outcomes from texts writtenin the passive versus active voice.
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2021
Our main question was: Structurally, is there a passive voice in Libras? Or: How do deaf people topicalize a patient and diminish the agent's value? Would there be, in the data observed, a change in the syntactic functions of the arguments, in which the patient would assume the function of subject?
Miranda, João Paulo Vitório +1 more
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Our main question was: Structurally, is there a passive voice in Libras? Or: How do deaf people topicalize a patient and diminish the agent's value? Would there be, in the data observed, a change in the syntactic functions of the arguments, in which the patient would assume the function of subject?
Miranda, João Paulo Vitório +1 more
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The acquisition of the passive voice
Journal of Child Language, 1976ABSTRACTThe study was aimed at determining the average ages at which children imitate (I), produce (P) and comprehend (C) passive constructions. The results were compared with those obtained from partial studies of the acquisition of the passive voice conducted by researchers such as Fraser, Bellugi & Brown (1963).
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1985
To the Editor.— James Ransom1has lately advised readers to "use the passive voice." If all medical writers were well-trained, skillful, and judicious verbal craftsmen and if they all cared deeply about the communicative quality and intensity of what they write, I might agree with Dr Ransom that they should use the passive where appropriate.
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To the Editor.— James Ransom1has lately advised readers to "use the passive voice." If all medical writers were well-trained, skillful, and judicious verbal craftsmen and if they all cared deeply about the communicative quality and intensity of what they write, I might agree with Dr Ransom that they should use the passive where appropriate.
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