The use of active and passive voice in the news language
Other Title(s)
استخدام المبني للمعلوم و المبني للمجهول في لغة الأخبار
Author
Source
Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 218 (30 Sep. 2016), pp.157-172, 16 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education for Human Science / Ibn Rushd
Publication Date
2016-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Media and Communication
Arabic language and Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
Active and passive verbs are a problematic style faces the journalist of news reports ,because sometimes he tries to make agency invisible and he may change the role of participants in the constructions of texts, when the actions come to negative situation or related to political parties or politicians.
The current study aims at : 1- exploring the active and passive forms in written media language and their grammatical structures 2- showing the role and uses of passive forms as one of the techniques used by the journalists .
The study has put two hypotheses: 1-active forms are used more than passive in news writing.
2- modal verbs are commonly used by the journalist more than other types.
The theoretical part is presented before tackling the practical part of this study ,.Alexander model ( 1997) has been adopted in this study since this model is comprehensive and adequate to achieve the purpose of analysis .
After analyzing the data , the results verified the hypotheses.
On the basis of findings ,The study has put some results and recommendations .
American Psychological Association (APA)
Qasim, Sawsan Abd al-Munim. 2016. The use of active and passive voice in the news language. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 1, no. 218, pp.157-172.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-709080
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Qasim, Sawsan Abd al-Munim. The use of active and passive voice in the news language. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences Vol. 1, no. 218 (2016), pp.157-172.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-709080
American Medical Association (AMA)
Qasim, Sawsan Abd al-Munim. The use of active and passive voice in the news language. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences. 2016. Vol. 1, no. 218, pp.157-172.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-709080
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 170-171
Record ID
BIM-709080