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Autor/in | Master, Peter |
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Titel | Active Verbs with Inanimate Subjects in Scientific Prose. |
Quelle | In: English for Specific Purposes, 10 (1991) 1, S.15-33Infoseite zur Zeitschrift |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0889-4906 |
Schlagwörter | Afro Asiatic Languages; English for Science and Technology; Second Language Instruction; Tenses (Grammar); Verbs; Written Language |
Abstract | The analysis of 2,979 subject-verb pairs in an American science magazine to determine the relative frequency of inanimate subjects with active verbs found that such usage was more prevalent than the use of inanimate subjects with passive verbs, especially when the subject was abstract, typically to show causality or to explain. (22 references) (Author/CB) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |