FIGURE AND GROUND IN PASSIVE SENTENCES

Authors

  • Nguyễn Tất Thắng Faculty of Foreign Languages, Dalat University, Viet Nam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37569/DalatUniversity.3.3&4.268(2013)

Keywords:

Figure and Ground, Cognitive Semantics, Passive sentences.

Abstract

This paper examines English passive structures from the perspective of the notion Figure and Ground, a dominant notion in Cognitive Semantics. Based on the relationship of Figure and Ground, the paper explores passive structures, and provides explanations of the possibility and impossibility of creating a passive sentence.

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Published

30-12-2013

Volume and Issues

Section

Social Sciences and Humanities

How to Cite

Thắng, N. T. (2013). FIGURE AND GROUND IN PASSIVE SENTENCES. Dalat University Journal of Science, 3(3&4), 111-123. https://doi.org/10.37569/DalatUniversity.3.3&4.268(2013)