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Passive Voice in Functional grammar



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2.3 Passive Voice in Functional grammar

2.3.1 Passive Types


The passive clause in transitive analysis is classified in following main types: true passive, beneficiary-passive, range-passive and circumstantial passive, which is further, divided into manner passive and “true” passive.
True” passive: effective, medium/subject, agent: by

The glass

was

broken

by the cat

Medium

Process: material

Agent

Subject

Finite

Predicator

Adjunct




Mary

was

upset

by the new

Medium

Process: mental

Agent

Subject

Finite

Predicator

Adjunct


Beneficiary-passive: effective, beneficiary/subject, and agent: by..


My ant

was

given

this teapot

by the Duke

Beneficiary

Process

Medium

Agent

Subject

Finite

Predicator

Complement

Adjunct


Range-passive: Middle(i.e.: medio -passive), Range/subject, medium: by....


Songs

The music



Were

Was


sung

enjoyed


by the choir

by the audience



Range

Process

Medium

Subject

Finite

Predicator

Adjunct

According to Halliday, there are other types of passive constructions when the “indirect” participants act as the potential subjects. These are circumstantial passives which include Location– passive, Manner – passive and others.



The bed has not been slept in (Location– passive).

This pen has never been written with (Manner – passive).

These are medio- passives. But passives with idiomatic phrasal verbs, such as it has been done away with, she is very much looked up to, the prize has never been put in for are often “true” passive in the sense that the prepositional phrase really represents a participant. The following analysis is of the two examples of circumstantial passive:



Circumstantial passive

Location passive: middle (medio -passive) Location subject; Medium: by ....



The bed

has not

been slept in

by anyone

Location

Process

Medium

Subject

Finite

Predicator

Adjunct

Adjunct

“True” passive :effective; Medium subject; Agent: by



It

has

been done

Away

with

by the man

Location

Process




Medium




Finite

Predicator

Adjunct

Adjunct

Adjunct



2.3.2. The phrase of by and with


Halliday states that the clauses with features of Agency can be put in passive by using an analytic causative or bringing in an Agent of the second order. The examples can be seen in all processes: Material, Mental, and Relational as follows:

Material process

They

had got

the bomb

exploded

by the police







Actor




Initiator


Mental process

What

made

you

be frightened

by the story







Sensor




Phenomenon

Agent2




Medium




Agent1


Relational process

They

had/got

Tom

voted

captain

by the team







Identified/Token




Identifier/Value

Assigner







Medium




Range

Agent1

Functional grammar has analyzed the passive constructions in areas of semantics and functions as well. Based on different processes, the passive constructions are analyzed into different labels, which complement others to have a full analysis of different types of passive constructions




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