The Theory of Functional Grammar
Author: Simon C. Dik
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9783110154047
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The Theory of Functional Grammar: Complex and derived constructions
Author: Simon C. Dik
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9783110154061
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The Theory of Functional Grammar: The structure of the clause
Author: Simon C. Dik
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9783110154047
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduction When one takes a functional approach to the study of natural languages, the ultimate questions one is interested in can be formulated as: How does the natural language user (NLU) work? How do speakers and addressees succeed ...
The Structure of the Lexicon in Functional Grammar
Author: Hella Olbertz
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9027230463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn functional grammar, the lexicon plays a central role. Lexical items form the basic building blocks around which the structure of a clause is built. This book examines 5 aspects of the role of the lexicon in functional grammar.
Structure and Function A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories
Author: Christopher S. Butler
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2003-06-30
Total Pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9027296529
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLike its companion volume, this book offers a detailed description and comparison of three major structural-functional theories: Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar, illustrated throughout with corpus-derived examples from English and other languages. Whereas Part 1 confines itself largely to the simplex clause, Part 2 moves from the clause towards the discourse and its context. The first three chapters deal with the areas of illocution, information structuring (topic and focus, theme and rheme, given and new information, etc.), and clause combining within complex sentences. Chapter 4 examines approaches to discourse, text and context across the three theories. The fifth chapter deals with the learning of language by both native and non-native speakers, and applications of the theories in stylistics, computational linguistics, translation and contrastive studies, and language pathology. The final chapter assesses the extent to which each theory attains the goals it sets for itself, and then outlines a programme for the development of an integrated approach responding to a range of criteria of descriptive and explanatory adequacy.
Layered Structure and Reference in a Functional Perspective
Author: Michael D. Fortescue
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1992-01-01
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9027250359
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume contains revised and expanded versions of those papers from the 1990 Functional Grammar Conference in Copenhagen that contributed specifically to the current investigation of clause structure in terms of semantic layers. One of the key concepts in this discussion is 'reference'. Some papers discuss ways in which previous accounts of reference need to be expanded and differentiated to provide a consistent picture of referential properties. The power of layered analysis to bring out fundamental similarities between languages of very different types is the theme of another group of papers, again with the referential properties of constituents playing a central role. By some contributors layered analysis is challenged, and the question is raised as to how it might fit into a dynamic and pragmatic picture of language. The book is rounded off by a comparison between layered structure in Functional Grammar and in Government and Binding Theory.
Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar
Author: M.A.K. Halliday
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-11
Total Pages: 1060
ISBN-13: 1135983488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFully updated and revised, this fourth edition of Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar explains the principles of systemic functional grammar, enabling the reader to understand and apply them in any context. Halliday's innovative approach of engaging with grammar through discourse has become a worldwide phenomenon in linguistics. Updates to the new edition include: Recent uses of systemic functional linguistics to provide further guidance for students, scholars and researchers More on the ecology of grammar, illustrating how each major system serves to realise a semantic system A systematic indexing and classification of examples More from corpora, thus allowing for easy access to data Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar, Fourth Edition, is the standard reference text for systemic functional linguistics and an ideal introduction for students and scholars interested in the relation between grammar, meaning and discourse.
Functional Grammar and Verbal Interaction
Author: Mike Hannay
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1998-07-15
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9027281882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFunctional Grammar (FG) as set out by Simon Dik is the ambitious combination of a functionalist approach to the study of language with a consistent formalization of the underlying structures which it recognizes as relevant. The present volume represents the attempts made within the FG framework to expand the theory so as to cover a wider empirical domain than is usual for highly formalized linguistic theories, namely that of written and spoken discourse, while retaining its methodological precision. The book covers an array of phenomena, both from monologue and from dialogue material, relating to discourse structure, speaker aims and goals, action theory, the flow of information, illocutionary force, modality, etc. The central question underlying most of the contributions concerns the relation between, and the division of labour between the existing grammatical module of FG on the one hand, and a discourse or pragmatic module capable of handling such discourse phenomena on the other. What emerges are new proposals for the formal treatment of for instance illocutionary force and the informational status of constituents. Many of the data discussed are from ‘real’ language rather than being invented, and samples from various languages other than English (Spanish, Polish, Latin, French) are examined and used as illustrations of the theoretical problem to be solved. Readership: theoretical linguists and discourse and conversation analysts
Structure and Function: Approaches to the simplex clause
Author: Christopher Butler
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 602
ISBN-13: 9781588113573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume one of a two volume set outlining and comparing three approaches to the study of language labelled 'structural-functionalist': functional grammar (FG); role and reference grammar (RRG); and systemic functional grammar (SFG).
A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi
Author: William B. McGregor
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1990-01-01
Total Pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9027282056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume sets out to provide a comprehensive description of the grammar of Gooniyandi, a non-Pama-Nyungan language of the southern-central Kimberley region of Western Australia. It covers phonetics and phonology, word phrase and clause structure, and the semantics of closed-class grammatical items. The major focus is, however, on meaning: how do Gooniyandi speakers mean with and in their language. To this end, the theoretical framework of systemic functional grammar, particularly as elaborated in Halliday's recent work, is adopted. Certain refinements to the theory are proposed in order to better account for the Gooniyandi evidence. Of obvious importance to those studying Australian aboriginal languages, this work has an importance to a wider audience for its effective presentation of theory justification.
