Considerations upon Grammatical Synonymy with Passive Voice Structures in English and Romanian

If synonymy implies both a degree of similarity as well as difference between synonymous terms, the present paper will give a brief account of the similarities and differences between the meanings of active and passive voice corresponding constructions in both English and Romanian with a view to hig...

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Main Author: Lipan Anca Florina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-12-01
Series:Romanian Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2018-0011
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description If synonymy implies both a degree of similarity as well as difference between synonymous terms, the present paper will give a brief account of the similarities and differences between the meanings of active and passive voice corresponding constructions in both English and Romanian with a view to highlight the contrast as well as the similarity between language systems.
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spelling doaj.art-c64a90ee74464aff8dbed06396fdd4642022-12-22T02:31:35ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies1584-37342286-04282018-12-01151728110.1515/rjes-2018-0011rjes-2018-0011Considerations upon Grammatical Synonymy with Passive Voice Structures in English and RomanianLipan Anca Florina0University “Dunărea De Jos”, Galați,Galați, RomaniaIf synonymy implies both a degree of similarity as well as difference between synonymous terms, the present paper will give a brief account of the similarities and differences between the meanings of active and passive voice corresponding constructions in both English and Romanian with a view to highlight the contrast as well as the similarity between language systems.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2018-0011causativecontrastpassive structuressimilaritysynonymy
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Considerations upon Grammatical Synonymy with Passive Voice Structures in English and Romanian
Romanian Journal of English Studies
causative
contrast
passive structures
similarity
synonymy
title Considerations upon Grammatical Synonymy with Passive Voice Structures in English and Romanian
title_full Considerations upon Grammatical Synonymy with Passive Voice Structures in English and Romanian
title_fullStr Considerations upon Grammatical Synonymy with Passive Voice Structures in English and Romanian
title_full_unstemmed Considerations upon Grammatical Synonymy with Passive Voice Structures in English and Romanian
title_short Considerations upon Grammatical Synonymy with Passive Voice Structures in English and Romanian
title_sort considerations upon grammatical synonymy with passive voice structures in english and romanian
topic causative
contrast
passive structures
similarity
synonymy
url https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2018-0011
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