Variation of English passives used by Swedes : A corpus-based study of the usage of be-passives and get-passives

This thesis investigates the grammatical constructions of be-and get-passives and their usage by Swedes writing in English. The investigation is based on findings from four different corpora, two of which were compiled for the purpose of this study. The first one, SWENC (the Swedish English Newspape...

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Main Author: Gustafsson, Elias
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR) 2014
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-31807