Passive Sentences in English and Portuguese (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Georgetown University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1980
First published:	December 1980
Authors:	Milton M. Azevedo
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	132
ISBN-13:	978-0-87840-078-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Computational linguistics Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General
LSN:	0-87840-078-8
Barcode:	9780878400782

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