The Functions of Voice in Scientific Writing in Spanish.

Curnow, Timothy Jowan

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ERIC Number: EJ521631

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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The Functions of Voice in Scientific Writing in Spanish.

Curnow, Timothy Jowan

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, v18 n2 p33-64 1995

Analyzes the rhetorical functions carried out by the selection of voice--active, passive, or "se"-passive--in biological research articles in Spanish. The author compares these rhetorical functions with those found in French and English scientific papers and on the basis of this comparison, suggests the existence of some universals. (18 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English, French, Language Universals, Morphology (Languages), Rhetoric, Sentence Structure, Spanish, Verbs

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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