I might be accused for suggesting a source that is too old and
text-centric, but there is Gibson's (1966) "Tough, Sweet, and Stuffy: An
Essay on Modern Prose Styles" that operationalizes voice in quantifiable
linguistic terms.
Tosh Tachino, M.A., B.A. Honors
Ph.D. Student, Iowa State University
Rhetoric and Professional Communication
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~tosh/
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