| Lemma | effective clause |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Halliday (1985) |
| Titolo | An Introduction to Functional Grammar |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | middle clause (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | A clause [...] with agency is non-middle, or EFFECTIVE, in voice. An effective clause is then either active or passive; active if Agent / Subject, passive if Medium / Subject [...] Strictly speaking an effective clause has the feature ʻagencyʼ rather than the structural function Agent, because this may be left implicit, as in 'the glass was broken'. |