| Description |
viii, 244 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Functional descriptions of language |
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Functional descriptions of language
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Approaches to lexis in systemic linguistics -- 3. The Cardiff Grammar -- 4. Adjectives in English -- 5. The syntax of adjectives: the quality group -- 6. System networks and lexically oriented meaning -- 7. The system network for Quality -- 8. Realization rules for the Quality network -- 9. Aspects of the lexicogrammar of Quality -- 10. The syntactic environment of the quality group: nominal group modification -- 11. Conclusions |
| Summary |
After a thorough survey of the relevant literature, Gordon Tucker provides a linguistic description of the meanings and forms of the adjectives themselves the structures that occur around them and the functions that such units perform as elements of other units (such as the clause and the nominal group). The Lexicogrammar of Adjectives constitutes a major descriptive addition to our knowledge of the value of 'lexis as most delicate grammar'. It is a major contribution to the theoretical modelling of language in general and of words in particular. Its conclusions are important both for systemic functional linguistics and for linguistic theory in general |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-239) and indexes |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjectives
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Lexicology.
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Systemic grammar.
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| LC no. |
97052313 |
| ISBN |
0304339032 (hardcover) |
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