9. Voice: active versus passive

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. PART I
5. 1. Grammatical description: getting started 1
6. 2. Sentence functions 11
7. 3. Complex forms 30
8. 4. Clause types and utterance functions 44
9. 5. Missing constituents, ellipsis and pro-forms 48
10. 6. Vocatives, interjections and dislocation 52
11. PART II
12. 7. Constituent order 55
13. 8. Situations and participants 73
14. 9. Voice: active versus passive 81
15. 10. Polarity 88
16. 11. Subject-predicator concord 96
17. 12. The complex sentence 103
18. PART III
19. 13. Verbals 117
20. 14. Nominals 157
21. 15. Pronominals 195
22. 16. Adjectivals and adverbals 229
23. Appendix: tips on pronunciation and spelling 259
24. Select bibliography 265
25. Glossary 267
26. Subject index 299
27. Word index 319