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Contrastive Analysis of the Spanish and English Passive Voice in Scientific Prose.
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Espinoza, Ana Maria – English for Specific Purposes, 1997
Contrasts English and Spanish passive voice patterns of the simple, continuous, and perfect tenses in order to find non-corresponding elements to predict difficulties in the acquisition of English and Spanish as a second language. Findings reveal a positive transfer between all the English and literal Spanish counterparts analyzed. (19 references)…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Language Patterns, Language Processing
On the Use of the Passive and Active Voice in Astrophysics Journal Papers: With Extensions to Other Languages and Other Fields.
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Tarone, Elaine; Dwyer, Sharon; Gillette, Susan; Icke, Vincent. – English for Specific Purposes, 1998
A study examined frequency of active, passive verb forms in two astrophysics journal articles, finding "we" plus an active voice occurs at least as frequently as the passive. This pattern typifies a previously unidentified type of research article, the logical argument scientific paper, whose characteristics are detailed. Similar pattern…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes