scholarly journals Investigation of Passive Voice Occurrence in Scientific Writing

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-66
Author(s):  
Urip Subagio ◽  
J. A. Prayogo ◽  
Emalia Iragiliati
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Method Section ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Active Voice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Voice Use

This study investigated passive voice use in theses of Graduate EFL students, Universitas Negeri Malang. The occurrences of passive voice in research method chapter in two time periods, 1985 - 2000 and 2002 – 2015 were compared. Passive voice occurrence in chapter of research method was also investigated then it was compared with the active. Passive voice occurrence in theses before 2002 investigated which was 1458, and 1171 in theses published after 2000 indicated the fact that today passive voice use in scientific writing indeed less frequent compared to the past. In addition, unlike the findings of some previous studies that claimed passive voice occurrence is still more dominant than the active in method section of scientific writing, this study found that, even in chapter of research method, active voice today occurs more frequently. It was 1883 occurrences of active voice and 1171 of passive voice were found.

The passive voice in scientific writing through the ages: A diachronic study

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-489
Author(s):  
Alvin Ping Leong
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Science Journal ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Composing Process ◽  
Diachronic Study ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Current Shift ◽  
Modern Era

AbstractDiachronic studies on scientific writing have indicated an increase in the use of passives from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. With the current shift in focus towards making scientific writing more accessible, there is less certainty on the extent of passive use in the modern era. Although the use of the active voice is presently encouraged, the findings from available studies are mixed. There are also few diachronic studies involving recent articles. This present study investigated the trend in passive use from the nineteenth century to the present day using 80 articles from a multidisciplinary science journal covering four time periods (1880, 1930, 1980, and 2017). The study found that the extent of passive use was stable from 1880 to 1980 (occurring in about 29–36% of all clauses) but declined in 2017 (averaging below 25%). The study also found a decline in the use of finite passives to describe methodological actions and a corresponding increase in the use of first-person pronouns in the 2017 articles. Further work involving a larger corpus and an understanding of writer decisions in the composing process is needed.

scholarly journals The Role of the Passive Voice Mindset in Regulating Healthy Eating

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Senay ◽  
Muhammet Usak ◽  
Zeynep Ceren Acarturk
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Active Voice ◽  
The Past ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Unhealthy Eating

Talking about eating in the passive, as opposed to the active voice, (e.g., The cake will be eaten vs. I will eat the cake) can lead people to see the act of eating to be triggered by the food to a greater extent, leading to the continuation of past eating habits. Depending on whether or not the past habits are healthy, the motivation for healthy eating may change as a result. In study 1, writing passive sentences increased the motivation for healthy eating to the extent that people reported eating healthy in the past. Moreover, in study 2 across 127 languages spoken in 94 countries, when the acted-upons of actions (e.g., the food in the act of eating) became relatively more salient in a language, people became more likely to act on cultural habits that may be relatively healthier, decreasing unhealthy eating. The results are important for understanding the perceived role of food in starting eating as it impacts healthy eating across cultures.

scholarly journals RHETORICAL PATTERNS, VERB TENSE, AND VOICE IN CROSS DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ARTICLE ABSTRACT

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharifah Hanidar
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Past Tense ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Active Voice ◽  
Rhetorical Patterns ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Research Procedure ◽  
Present Tense ◽  
Verb Tense

This article investigates research article abstracts in terms of their rhetorical patterns and the use of verb tenses and voice. A total of 40 abstracts were selected from four international journals in the fields of Biology, Mechanical Engineering, Linguistics, and Medicine. A four move model was adopted from Hardjanto (1997) to analyze the structure of the abstracts. The results show that all the abstracts have Move 1, creating a research space; 70% have Move 2, describing research procedure; 85% have Move 3, summarizing principal results; and 85% have Move 4, evaluating results. All the abstracts in medicine have Moves 1, 2, 3 and 4, whereas the most common pattern in Biology is Moves 1, 3 and 4, in Mechanical Engineering Moves 1, 2 and 3, and in Linguistics Moves 1, 2 and 4. This seems to suggest that there is a disciplinary variation in the structuring of RA abstracts in the four disciplines under investigation. With regard to the use of verb tense and voice in each move, the present tense and past tense in the active voice and the past tense in the passive voice were the most frequently used tenses. The present tense in the active voice was frequently used in Moves 1 and 4, while the past tense in the active voice was commonly used in Move 3 and the past tense in the passive voice was frequently found in Move 2. Furthermore, it was found that the present tense in the active voice was frequently used in Biology, Mechanical Engineering and Linguistics, whereas the past tense in the active voice occurred more frequently in Medicine, and the past tense in the passive voice was more frequently found in Mechanical Engineering than in other disciplines. 

scholarly journals Pesan Dakwah dalam Novel Athirah

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-362
Author(s):  
Nina Herlina ◽  
Dang Eif Saiful Amin ◽  
Rohmanur Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Active Voice ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Face

ABSTRACTThis paper aims to determine how the macro-structure of the novel Athirah propaganda message, superstructure message Athirah propaganda in the novel, and the microstructure of propaganda messages in the novel Athirah Endah Alberthiene work. The research method using the method of discourse analysis approach is qualitative, in discourse analysis Teun A. Van Dijk models is researching on the search for the macro-structure of thematic text. while the superstructure is discussed in the schematic, and the microstructure of the text that is in terms of semantic, syntactic, stylistic and rhetorical. The results showed that in the structure of the macro in this novel are arranged in the theme of patience, and a woman named Athirah toughness in the face of life's trials. In the superstructure Alberthiene Endah make this novel with the flow back and forth, there are grooves that tell of the past, but still easily understood by the reader. While the microstructure Alberthiene Endah using language that is quite extensive and figurative language or imagery. Tenses used mostly using active voice form. ABSTRAKTulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana struktur makro pesan dakwah dalam novel Athirah, Superstruktur pesan dakwah dalam novel Athirah, dan struktur mikro pesan dakwah dalam novel Athirah karya Alberthiene Endah. Metode penelitian menggunakan metode pendekatan analisis wacana bersifat kualitatif, Dalam analisis wacana model Teun A. Van Dijk ini meneliti tentang mencari struktur makro teks tentang tematik. sedangkan superstruktur dibahas dalam skematik, dan struktur mikro teks yaitu dari segi semantik, sintaksis, stilistik dan retoris. Hasil penelitian menunjukan yaitu secara struktur makro dalam novel ini disusun dalam tema kesabaran, dan ketangguhan seorang perempuan bernama Athirah dalam menghadapi cobaan hidup. Secara superstruktur Alberthiene Endah membuat novel ini dengan alur maju mundur, ada alur yang menceritakan masa lampau, namun tetap mudah dimengerti oleh pembaca. Sedangkan secara struktur mikro Alberthiene Endah menggunakan bahasa yang cukup luas dan bahasa kiasan atau perumpamaan. Bentuk kalimat yang digunakan kebanyakan menggunakan bentuk kalimat aktif.  

scholarly journals Reconsidering the Use of the Passive Voice in Scientific Writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (8) ◽  
pp. 563-565
Author(s):  
Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Active Voice ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages

I briefly review the use of the passive and active voices in scientific writing and formulate an argument in favor of the active voice’s use. I provide fictitious examples of each narrative type and make a side-by-side comparison. Each style has advantages and disadvantages. Papers written in the active voice are concise and clear, although they are also considered colloquial and unsophisticated. Those written in the passive voice, in turn, are centered on the actions – rather than on the individuals – and are perceived as more objective but can also be ambiguous and pompous. I conclude this essay by noting that the active voice – with its greater economy, simplicity, and precision – is now pervasive in scientific writing, and I urge educators to greatly reduce teaching and enforcing the use of the passive voice.

The Translation of Passive Voice in Harry Potter Novel into Bahasa Indonesia

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Sumbayu ◽  
Amrin Saragih ◽  
Syahron Lubis
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Active Voice ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Lexical Categories ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

This study addresses the translation of passive voice in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban into Bahasa Indonesia. The study was based on descriptive qualitative approach. The data were collected by applying documentary techniques. There were three chapters taken as the source of the data. They were chapters 1, 8 and 15. The findings indicated that there were two types of passive voices as a product of passive voices’ translation in Bahasa Indonesia. The passive voice retained as passive one in TL was more dominantly translated into passive voice type one than type two in TL. It caused the use of prefix di+verb base, prefix di+verb base suffix i, and prefix di +verb base+ suffix+ kan are able to represent the meaning of the SL literally and culturally. The changing of English passive voice into Bahasa Indonesia active voice when they were translated indicated that the translator has attempted to find the closest natural equivalent of the source language in aspect of grammar, style, and cultural value. In essence naturalization rate of an expression is a matter of looking for matches in level lexical categories, grammatical categories, semantic, and cultural context.   Key words: translation, passive voice, English, Bahasa Indonesia.

An exploration of target L2 morphemes in the oral production of young EFL learners in Croatia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena O'Reilly ◽  
Eva Jakupčević
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Simple Construction ◽  
L2 Acquisition ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Oral Production ◽  
The Past ◽  
Base Form ◽  
Production Study ◽  
Efl Students

Although the second language (L2) acquisition of morphology by late L2 learners has been a popular research area over the past decades, comparatively little is known about the acquisition and development of morphology in children who learn English as a foreign language (EFL). Therefore, the current study presents the findings from a longitudinal oral production study with 9/10-year-old L1 Croatian EFL students who were followed up at the age of 11/12. Our results are largely in line with the limited research so far in this area: young EFL learners have few issues using the be copula and, eventually, the irregular past simple forms, but had considerable problems with accurately supplying the 3rd person singular -s at both data collection points. We also observed a be + base form structure, especially at the earlier stage, which appears to be an emergent past simple construction.

ON THE NEED TO COLLECT, PRESERVE AND STUDY DISAPPEARED NAMES OF SETTLEMENTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 187-192
Author(s):  
S.A. Popov
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Local History ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
The Disappeared

The article deals with the problem of collecting, preserving and researching the disappeared names of localities in the subjects of the Russian Federation, which for centuries have become an integral part of the historical and cultural heritage of the peoples of our country. The author believes that only a comprehensive analysis of the past oikonyms in nominational, lexical-semantic, historical-cultural, historical-ethnographic, local history aspects will restore the linguistic and cultural systems of different time periods in different microareals of the Russian Federation. The author comes to the conclusion that in order to preserve the historical memory of the disappeared names of geographical objects, local researchers need the support of regional state authorities and local self-government.

scholarly journals QUOTES BUDI UTOMO SEBAGAI SARANA PENGUAT KESADARAN NASIONAL

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Brigida Intan Printina
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Past ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Visual Graphic

This article aims to describe the Budi Utomo Quotes Based on Canva Applications for National Awareness Strengthens. In order for the struggle of the Budi Utomo movement to be interpreted in depth by generations, the visual graphic media was chosen to strengthen the national awareness of the generation. This is in line with the basic principles of Budi Utomo's movement, namely the primacy of mind or mind in terms of education. The research method in this article is qualitative descriptive. The writing results describe the process and results of the use of visual graphic media that photographed Budi Utomo's movement with the aim of strengthening the national awareness of Indonesian youth so as to be able to integrate past struggles as a capital "repeating the glory of the past" through education. The hope with this article is that observers of history are able to implement historical learning easily and can adjust technological developments, but without losing their identity as a cultured nation.

scholarly journals Ngudari reribed: internalization of Ki Ageng Suryomentaram's values to increase mindfulness

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Juwita Finayanti ◽  
Tyas Martika Anggriana
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Happy Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Research Findings

Of happiness can arise from mindfulness because mindfulness creates clarity of consciousness, awareness that does not conceptualize and discriminate, awareness and flexible attention, can have an empirical stand against reality, consciously orientates towards the present, awareness and awareness that stable and sustainable. The purpose of this study was to examine the values contained in the teachings of Ki Ageng Suryomentaram to be applied as a counselling technique based on Indonesian culture. This research method uses a qualitative approach with the type of Gadamerian hermeneutics. The results of the research findings show that: (1) Mindfulness in this context helps to make individuals aware that happiness is not only about fulfilled desires but accepting themselves as they are and fostering an appreciation for moments that occur in life. (2) The compatibility between the technique of "ngudari reribed" and mindfulness lies in the goal of achieving a happy life. (3) Identification of the values contained in Ki Ageng Suryomentaram's discourse can be applied in the "ngudari reribed" counselling technique to increase mindfulness. Mindfulness will help a person feel at peace without worrying about the future and meditating on the past.

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