FIGURE AND GROUND IN PASSIVE SENTENCES

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 crea...

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Main Author: Nguyễn Tất Thắng
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Language:English
Published: Dalat University 2013-12-01
Series:Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Đà Lạt
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Online Access:https://tckh.dlu.edu.vn/index.php/tckhdhdl/article/view/268
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spelling doaj-art-3f383aaed971438ca171f234ab6fc68a2025-02-02T13:22:44ZengDalat UniversityTạp chí Khoa học Đại học Đà Lạt0866-787X2013-12-0133&410.37569/DalatUniversity.3.3&4.268(2013)FIGURE AND GROUND IN PASSIVE SENTENCESNguyễn Tất Thắng0Faculty of Foreign Languages, Dalat UniversityThis 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.https://tckh.dlu.edu.vn/index.php/tckhdhdl/article/view/268Figure and GroundCognitive SemanticsPassive sentences.
spellingShingle Nguyễn Tất Thắng
FIGURE AND GROUND IN PASSIVE SENTENCES
Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Đà Lạt
Figure and Ground
Cognitive Semantics
Passive sentences.
title FIGURE AND GROUND IN PASSIVE SENTENCES
title_full FIGURE AND GROUND IN PASSIVE SENTENCES
title_fullStr FIGURE AND GROUND IN PASSIVE SENTENCES
title_full_unstemmed FIGURE AND GROUND IN PASSIVE SENTENCES
title_short FIGURE AND GROUND IN PASSIVE SENTENCES
title_sort figure and ground in passive sentences
topic Figure and Ground
Cognitive Semantics
Passive sentences.
url https://tckh.dlu.edu.vn/index.php/tckhdhdl/article/view/268
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