On Voice in the English Verb

LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Views on voice
1.2 Mode of analysis
1.3 Using a corpus
1.4 Material
1.5 Aims
2 THE VERBAL GROUP
2.1 Simple and complex groups
2.2 Four types of complex groups
2.3 Type a
2.4 Type b
2.5 Type c
2.6 Type d
2.7 Lexical verbs
3 THE CLAUSE
3.1 Clause elements
3.2 Exponent classes of subject and complement
3.3 Exponent classes of adjunct
3.4 Internal clause relation
3.5 External clause relation
3.6 Central and peripheral clause types
3.7 Extensive and intensive clauses
3.8 Major clause types
3.9 Values of clause element C
4 VOICE DATA PROCESSING
4.1 Procedure
4.2 Type of finite verbal group
4.3 Exponent classes of subject and agent (S and Ag elements)
4.4 Exponent classes of complement (C element)
4.5 Exponent classes of adjunct (A element)
4.6 Clause types
4.7 External clause relation
4.8 Internal clause relation
4.9 Summary of the results
5 PASSIVE CLAUSE CLASSIFICATION: CRITERIA
5.1 Numerical taxonomy
5.2 The Taxonomic Passive Corpus
5.3 The criteria
5.4 Criteria relating to the clause
5.5 Criteria relating to the passive verbal group
5.6 Criteria relating to the subject
5.7 Criteria relating to the complement
5.8 Criteria relating to the adjunct
6 PASSIVE CLAUSE CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTATION AND RESULTS
6.1 Preparation of input data
6.2 The classification program
6.3 Output analysis
6.4 The diagnostic key
6.5 The passive scale and voice relation
7 THE USE OF THE PASSIVE
7.1 Five passive clause types
7.2 Three major passive classes
7.3 Verbal group structure
7.4 The use of the passive voice in the texts
8 CONCLUSIONS
8.1 The concept of ‘The passive scale’
8.2 Transformational and serial voice relations
8.3 The description of the English passive
APPENDICES: Lexical verbs of the agentive clauses in the Major Passive Corpus
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX