This study analyzes passive sentences in English and Portuguese
which result from a post-semantic transformation applied when a
nound, which does not play the semantic role of actor, is chosen as
syntactic subject. Choice between a passive and its non-passive or
active counterpart reflects differences in the distribution of
information in the sentence as regards the relative importance of
the latter's constituents for communication. Such distribution is
analyzed in terms of Praque school theory, especially that
involving the notions of communicative dynamism and the
distribution of theme and rheme. The book concludes with a
contrastive analysis of English and Portuguese passive sentence
patterns which serves as the basis for observations on the teaching
of Portuguese passives to native speakers of English.
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