An Analysis of Passive Voice from the Perspective of Interpersonal Metafunction

As a type of grammatical phenomenon frequently occurring both orally and in written texts,passive voice plays a significant role in human communication.This paper sets out to analyze this grammatical phenomenon on the basis of interpersonal metafunction,one of the three metafunctions proposed by M.K.Halliday.

A Corpus-based Contrastive Study of Cultural Difference——A Case Study of Passive Voice Used in English and Chinese

Passive voice is a common linguistic phenomenon both in Chinese and in English, while it is used differently in each language system. This paper takes the grammar features of passive voice in both Chinese and English as an example, collecting corpus data of passive voice in the two languages, to comparatively analyze the cultural difference reflected from the usage of languages. Getting to know this kind of cultural difference would help us to better understand linguistic phenomena in second language acquisition, and to master them better.

Occasions for Employing the Methods for Translating the English Passive Voice

The paper compares the difference between the passive voices of English and Chinese,the occasions for employing the main methods for translating English passive sentences,on the base of the characteristic of English passive voice.

Metaphors in English Passive Sentences

Passive voice is frequently used in English language, and generally speaking, the subject is acted upon by the verb, and the actor must be someone or something else in passive voice sentences. However, what requires noticing and deserves study is that, apart from the congruent expression from passive sentences, in English there also exist a variety of non-congruence within some passive sentences, namely, metaphoric uses. This paper, based on Halliday＇s theory about metaphor and having conducted detailed analyses on some English passive sentences, reveals a noticing phenomenon that some passive sentences are used in a style of metaphor, including transitivity metaphor, modality metaphor, and tense metaphor.

On the Difference between Active Voice and Passive Voice

As a subcategory of "voice". one of the grammatical categories in English. "passive voice" shows its characteristic fcatures different from "active voice". From four aspects, this paper points out convincingly where the difference lies

A New Way to Teach Passive Voice

The author has begun a new try in teaching the passive voice to English majors,which breaks through the traditional teaching method.By introducing the two physical teaching terms“variable”and“constant”,he intends to help his students have an overall look at the relationship between the passive voice and the active voice in order not to abuse the former in practice.

Mother Tongue Interference in Japanese Passive Sentence Teaching —— Analysis Based on Functional Grammar

For foreign language learners, whether Chinese people are learning Japanese or Japanese learning Chinese, if they can eliminate the interference of basic knowledge of the mother tongue, the efficiency of foreign language learning will be greatly improved. This paper mainly analyzes the problem of mother tongue interference encountered by Japanese learners who use Chinese as their mother tongue in the study of "passive sentences". It focuses on introducing Japanese functional grammar on the basis of traditional grammar to eliminate these interference problems.

The Loss of Textual Function Caused by Passive Voice Translation

Passive voice is an important grammatical phenomenon,and the translation of English passive voice is a hot issue in translation research.In translation,some linguistic phenomena of the source language cannot be expressed in the target language,and the translation has limits of translatability.However,fewer scholars have studied the loss of textual function caused by the translation of passive voice.The authors argue that the conversion of voice in the translation process can,to a certain extent,cause the loss of meaning.In this paper,the authors analyze the loss of textual function caused by the conversion of English passive voice to Chinese active voice from the perspective of the limits of translatability.The authors believe that this phenomenon is common and unavoidable.Therefore,when dealing with the passive voice,the translator should preserve its discourse function as much as possible,rather than just“converting passive to active voice”.

Grammar Experimental Practice:Inductive Approach in Teaching 'Passive Voice'

Teachers are always in search of better ways to suit a variety of language needs and learning skills.The inductive approach allows the learners to examine samples of language first and discover the rules by themselves.That is to say,the learners generalize the rules from the particular.As a new approach in teaching grammar,the process of the inductive activities challenges and motivates many learners.The purpose of this essay is to examine the inductive approach applied in a microteaching grammar class and to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the procedure,and then to identify the ways in which it may be successfully adopted in future teaching proactive.

On the Use of the Passive and Active Voice in Academic Writings of Meth ods Section

Voice is an important topic in academic writing research.Despite increasing research interest,voice has remained a contentious topic.In the article:On the Use of the Passive and Active Voice in Astrophysics Journal Papers:With Extensions to other Languages and other Fields,an interesting hypothesis has been put forward:“Writers of methods sections in this field tend to use we+active when they have made a unique procedural choice or have introduced some technical innovation.On the other hand,the passive seems to be used when authors are simply following established or standard procedures.”Based on the existing research,this paper chooses to study the active and passive forms in the methods section of research articles,and we examine the frequency of the active and passive verb forms in the methods section of two linguistics journal articles.And to verify an old hypothesis:The we+active is used for new stuff,while the passive is preferred for old stuff,this paper will examine the we+active forms and passive verb forms the in methods section in two linguistic journal articles.

Active or Passive Voice in Medical Writing

This paper focuses on situations in which the active or passive voices are used in medical writing.In writing medical paper,choose the active voice whenever possible.Choose the passive voice if you have a good reason to do so.

Translation of Passive Voice in English for Science and Technology

The fundamental orientation of this paper is to discuss that English and Chinese have the same deep structure,but have different surface structure.Consequently,before translating the passive voice in EST,translator should understand what the deep structure is in English(source language).Furthermore,in the process of English-Chinese translating,the translator should give a corresponded surface structure of Chinese.The most essential is translator should get the deep structure and avoid losing the valuable information in the process of translating passive voice in scientific works.

Be-passive作为被动语态范畴的原型分析

本文以认知语言学中的原型理论为理论基础,将被动语态视为一个句法原型范畴,其中Be-passive是原型,从原型范畴的视角研究,对其不同形式和意义做出合理的解释,对理解和使用被动语态很有帮助。

The L2 Acquisition of English Passive

Passive voice is an important grammatical category in language learning while it varies in different languages.In order to diminish the negative impact on L1 transfer and maintain the originality of passive voice in L2 learning,this essay centers on the grammatical differences of passive voice both in English and Chinese and propose practical teaching strategies.

关于英语的“语态”(Voice)

英语语法著作和权威性的英语词典关于“语态”(Voice)的观点不尽一致。根据英语使用实际情况 ,分析和验证了有关语态的代表性观点 ,并提出了相关结论。

On Translation of Passiveness from English to Chinese

Translation is an art,a bilingual art.Like painting,translation enables us to reproduce the fine thought of somebody,not in colors,but in words,in words of a different language.It is no easy job,not so easy as it is supposed.Many can speak and write it well,but they can not translate well.This paper is mainly discussing the method of translating English to Chinese.Also analyses and classifies the translation of the passive voice from English to Chinese,and also points several language points should be considered in translating.

The Meta-function Interpretation of the Use of Passives in English Academic Paper

Passive voice is a common phenomenon in English academic papers, which is consistent with the academic stylistic and linguistic characteristics of academic papers. Based upon Halliday's meta-function, the present paper explores the significance and function of the passives used in academic papers. The purpose is to facilitate English learners'understanding of the passives used in academic papers, thereby improving the quality of the papers.

The Passive Voice and Teaching the Passive Voice to Chinese-speaking Learners

The most significant functions of the passive voice for writing are identified with particular referenceto Chinese students.The use of the passive as a carefully controlled stylistic tool,and the appropriate use of theagentless passive are considered foundational to the teaching of the passive voice for writing purposes.Some potentialproblems will be also identified.

汉语方言的“被”“把”同现句

汉语方言广泛存在被动式和处置式在同一句中共现的现象,即“被”“把”同现句。同现句可分为三类:合用型、套用型、连用型,具有调节焦点、经济简明、连贯语篇等功能。同现句萌芽于唐,发展于宋元,至明清日臻成熟并沿用至今。它的产生是多重因素共同作用的结果,其中被动式和处置式的高度和谐是前提条件,数量象似、标记象似、句式—意图象似是认知动因。此外,同现句经由概念融合生成,可看作事件融合的语言表征。

基于特征融合的汉语被动句自动识别研究

汉语中的被动句根据有无被动标记词可分为有标记被动句和无标记被动句。由于其形态构成复杂多样,给自然语言理解带来很大困难,因此实现汉语被动句的自动识别对自然语言处理下游任务具有重要意义。该文构建了一个被动句语料库,提出了一个融合词性和动词论元框架信息的PC-BERT-CNN模型,对汉语被动句进行自动识别。实验结果表明,该文提出的模型能够准确地识别汉语被动句,其中有标记被动句识别F1值达到98.77%,无标记被动句识别F1值达到96.72%。