Passivization
* terms * verbs
An example of passivization
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Definition:
The transformation of a sentence from an active form to a passive form. Verb: passivize.
Through the process of passivization, the direct object of an active declarative sentence can become the subject of a passive sentence.
The opposite of passivization is activization. Both terms were coined by linguist Noam Chomsky.
See also: * Active Voice and Passive Voice * Deep Structure and Surface Structure * Inversion * Practice in Changing Verbs From Passive to Active * Transformational Grammar
Examples and Observations: * "Passivisation . . . keeps together those units or bits of language that form a constituent:
(i) The man in the service station was seen by Muriel.
(ii) The man was seen by Muriel in the service station."
(Angela Downing and Philip Locke, A University Course in English Grammar. Routledge, 2002)
* "Passivisation allows you to leave out the Actor in Material processes, Experiencer in Mental processes, and Sayer (speaker) in Verbal process clauses:"
Material: Poachers killd the elephant - the elephant was killed
Mental: Rangers noticed the vultures - the vultures were noticed
Verbal: The marksmen told the poacher to freeze - the poacher was told to freeze
Sometimes this enables newspapers, for instance, to protect sources by omitting the sayer, or to retail their own opinions as though they
An example of passivization
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Definition:
The transformation of a sentence from an active form to a passive form. Verb: passivize.
Through the process of passivization, the direct object of an active declarative sentence can become the subject of a passive sentence.
The opposite of passivization is activization. Both terms were coined by linguist Noam Chomsky.
See also: * Active Voice and Passive Voice * Deep Structure and Surface Structure * Inversion * Practice in Changing Verbs From Passive to Active * Transformational Grammar
Examples and Observations: * "Passivisation . . . keeps together those units or bits of language that form a constituent:
(i) The man in the service station was seen by Muriel.
(ii) The man was seen by Muriel in the service station."
(Angela Downing and Philip Locke, A University Course in English Grammar. Routledge, 2002)
* "Passivisation allows you to leave out the Actor in Material processes, Experiencer in Mental processes, and Sayer (speaker) in Verbal process clauses:"
Material: Poachers killd the elephant - the elephant was killed
Mental: Rangers noticed the vultures - the vultures were noticed
Verbal: The marksmen told the poacher to freeze - the poacher was told to freeze
Sometimes this enables newspapers, for instance, to protect sources by omitting the sayer, or to retail their own opinions as though they