"While much has been written about the passive voice in scientific writing, similar interest involving humanities writing in general has been more modest. A paucity of diachronic studies also raises the need to understand more about how passive use has changed over time and what such changes imply for the norms in academic writing."

Leong, P. A. (2021) “The passive voice in scholarly writing: A diachronic look at science and history”, Finnish Journal of Linguistics, 34, pp. 77–102. Available at: https://journal.fi/finjol/article/view/103168 (Accessed: 8January2024). #OpenAccess #OA #Article #Linguistics #Academic #Writing #Science #History #PingAlvinLeong #Academia #Academics #Humanities #SocialSciences @linguistics @writing