As a unique language phenomenon in English written texts, English sentences with inanimate subjects (ESWIS) are quite typical in English sentence patterns.

English sentences with inanimate subjects are a typical sentence pattern in formal written English.

This thesis investigated whether advanced second language (L2) learners have made symmetric achievement in formal computation of inanimate-subject sentences (IA sentences) and other subjectivity-diluted structures (SD structures) and in their pragmatic meaning.

ESWIS and Chinglish;

English sentences with inanimate subjects(ESWIS) are a kind of unique language phenomenon in English, reflecting different thinking mode between West and East.

Strategies and methods of translating English sentences with inanimate subjects into Chinese;

In the light of the six types of processes in the transitivity system, this paper aims to analyze the forms and mechanisms of English sentences with inanimate subjects so that a new perspective and a deeper understanding could be obtained in addition to previous studies.