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IMPERSONALITY AND GRAMMATICAL METAPHORS Zohar Livnat (https://doi…
IMPERSONALITY
AND GRAMMATICAL METAPHORS
Zohar Livnat
(
https://doi.org/10.4000/lidil.3015
)
Rhetoric of objectivity
and impersonality
"Impersonality"
as the reverse of "agency"
Impersonality
Metonymy
"This paper argues..."
instead of "in this paper I argue..."
The paper discusses
the meaning of these findings
Based on an analysis of the case [...]
this study proposes a different perspective
The discussion focuses mainly
on the behaviors presented
The current analysis [...] explores
this question while maintaining...
Scientific discourse
as argumentation
Purpose: to persuade
the scientific community to accept
the new knowledge and arguments
Grammatical
metaphors
The replacement
of one grammatical class
by another
Nominalization
...the solvent tends to be drawn
through the membrane into the solution,
thus diluting it.
Movement of the solvent across the membrane
can be prevented by applying
a certain hydrostatic pressure to the solution.
Qualities realized by nouns
Happenings realized
by nouns or adjectives
Logical relations
realized by verbs
Passive voice
As was assumed, teachers' reports
revealed a number of differences...
Data were collected on the course
marks in the first year...
No differences were found
between children in the clinical groups...
Modal/evaluative operator
plus infinitive
From the above
it can be concluded that...
It thus may be conjectured...
From these definitions,
it is easy to see that...