Description |
1 online resource (xv, 461 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Systemic Functional Grammar -- 1.1 An Introduction to Functional Grammar -- 1.2 Introducing This Book -- 1.3 Above Grammar: Context and Co-text -- 1.4 Doing Functional Grammar -- 1.5 Metafunction, Rank and Stratification -- 1.6 Outline of This Book -- 1.7 Notational Conventions -- 2 Nominal Group -- 2.1 Approaching from Above -- 2.2 English Nominal Group Resources -- 2.3 Spanish Nominal Group Resources -- 2.4 Chinese Nominal Group Resources -- 2.5 Proper Name Challenge |
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3 Verbal Group -- 3.1 Approaching from Above -- 3.2 English Verbal Group Resources -- 3.3 Spanish Verbal Group Resources -- 3.4 Chinese Verbal Group Resources -- 3.5 Verbal Group Corpus Challenge -- 4 Mood -- 4.1 Approaching from Above -- 4.2 English mood Resources -- 4.3 Spanish mood Resources -- 4.4 Chinese mood Resources -- 4.5 Mood Challenge -- 5 Transitivity -- 5.1 Approaching from Above -- 5.2 English transitivity Resources -- 5.3 Spanish transitivity Resources -- 5.4 Chinese transitivity Resources -- 5.5 Transitivity Challenge -- 6 Theme -- 6.1 Approaching from Above |
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6.2 English Information Flow -- 6.3 Spanish Information Flow -- 6.4 Chinese Information Flow -- 6.5 Information Flow Challenge -- 7 Envoi -- 7.1 Our Goal -- 7.2 Methodology -- 7.3 Functional Language Typology -- 7.4 Off You Go -- Afterword: Describing Languages Systemic-Functionally -- Appendices -- References -- Index |
Summary |
"For the first time, this book provides a usage-based model for describing the grammar of languages, by applying Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) comparatively to English, Spanish and Chinese. Advancing SFL theory, it is essential reading for researchers and students of grammar within usage-based frameworks"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Systemic grammar.
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Functionalism (Linguistics)
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English language -- Grammar.
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Spanish language -- Grammar
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Chinese language -- Grammar
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English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Chinese
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English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Spanish
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Systemic grammar
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Quiroz, Beatriz, 1976- author.
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Wang, Pin (Lecturer in languages), author.
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LC no. |
2023019803 |
ISBN |
9781009284950 |
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1009284959 |
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1009284983 |
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9781009284981 |
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