Use of the Passive in the Texts of Various Styles

Abstract

This bachelor paper is aimed to observe and compare the most important features of the use of passive structures in the administrative and journalistic style. The aim of the paper is also to consider frequency of use of the passive in these functional styles. The theoretical part is focused mainly on types of the the passive structure and particular sentence functions of the passive are introduced. In the following part finite and non-finite structures are also studied. The employment of the passive structure in texts of administrative and journalistic style is studied mainly from the viewpoint of its communicative function. The practical part analyses articles and documents which were chosen from several internet sources and which are studied in detail to fulfil the main objective of this paper. The use of short and long passive structures and also non-finite structures are studied. The analysis is completed with the detailed commentary mainly on the communicative aim of using the passive in the journalistic and administrative style.