2007-01-10 02:51:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
For my linguistic analysis exam i have to tick yes/no to which statement is an example of passivisation with reference to George Galloways speech to the US senate. ....
in the mock exam the extracts to tick yes/no to were:
1. the biggest sanction busters
2. the money of the american taxpayer
3. i have never seen a barrel of oil
4. a libel action..(was)..won by me
5. neither has anyone on my behalf
complicated huh???
2007-01-10 03:04:01 · update #1
This may help !
Verb frame alternations in ditransitive constructions (PDF)
... the availability of scrambling.
Assume that passivisation can only. target the highest internal argument ... thus make the lower object eligible for passivisation.
Since English has
...kiri.ling.cam.ac.uk/LAGB/abstracts/Abstract 31 Vicente.pdf - 130k -
Cambridge Dictionaries On line - Cambridge University Press
... pacifists. pageboys. passbook. passbooks. *passivisation.* passivise. passivised. passivises. passivising ...dictionary.cambridge.........
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Passivisation (aka Passive transformation)
In generative grammar the active form of a sentence (at a deep structure level) can be transformed by passivisation to a surface passive.
kmi.open.ac.uk/people/scott/talks/nl/glossary/pap.html
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2007-01-10 03:16:06 · answer #1 · answered by sweet-cookie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
4 would be an example of passive voice. as for passivisation it sounds like an ironic turn of phrase because it is a conversion of the action of using the passive voice into a passive construct!!!
2007-01-10 11:12:53 · answer #2 · answered by jdaniellep 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is a word such as passivisation. Passive means act upon without acting, showing no interest.
2007-01-10 10:58:39 · answer #3 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no one is an action the other is a condition
2007-01-10 10:54:33 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such word as "passivisation." What did you mean?
2007-01-10 10:55:09 · answer #5 · answered by Mark S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋