Verbal Forms In Specialized Written Discourse
Abstract
The frequency and the distribution of verbal forms are analyzed in eleven professional texts for six fields of transport and traffic engineering, in a corpus of 7,215 lexemes. The analysis shows that passive forms, for example, occur far less than active forms. Certain functions and meanings of the most frequently used verbal forms are then discussed.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0004-0 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 (formerly 1584-3734) | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734
Language: English
Page range: 30 - 37
Published online: Feb 21, 2013
Published in print: Dec 1, 2012
Published by: West University of Timisoara
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2013 Gordana Dimković-Telebaković, published by West University of Timisoara
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