La pasiva como marcador de estilo en el inglés moderno temprano: Evidencias del Corpus de Helsinki
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Este artículo ofrece una descripción de la dimensión estilística de la pasiva en la Edad Moderna, tal y como aparece representada en el corpus informatizado de textos ingleses de Helsinki. En la primera sección se examinan los factores estilísticos que determinan la elección de una pasiva frente a una cláusula activa. En la segunda sección, se analizan las pasivas del inglés moderno temprano para descubrir las razones de la asociación entre las construcciones pasivas y los estilos formales de ese periodo. Los datos estadísticos extraídos del corpus revelan que en el inglés moderno temprano la correlación entre la voz pasiva y los registros formales no se debe principalmente a la exigencia de impersonalidad, como se afirma para el inglés actual, y que otros factores condicionan también la preferencia por las pasivas en los registros formales del inglés.
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