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So far we have treated passivization as if it were produced by making the patient the theme of an actional proposition. In the literature, however, it has also been discussed from the viewpoint of the given-new structure (see [Anisfeld and Klenbort, 1973] for a survey). In the next section we will show that this discussion centres around what we call the relational given-new structure, and that our distinction between conceptually and relationally given and new information helps to clarify matters.
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Engelkamp, J., Zimmer, H.D. (1983). Verbal Communication of Relationally Given and New Information in Standard Sentences. In: Dynamic Aspects of Language Processing. Springer Series in Language and Communication, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69116-4_8
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