Considerations upon Grammatical Synonymy with Passive Voice Structures in English and Romanian

Abstract

If synonymy implies both a degree of similarity as well as difference between synonymous terms, the present paper will give a brief account of the similarities and differences between the meanings of active and passive voice corresponding constructions in both English and Romanian with a view to highlight the contrast as well as the similarity between language systems.

Keywords

• causative
• contrast
• passive structures
• similarity
• synonymy