<span>Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) is a usage-based theory of language, founded on the assumption that language is shaped entirely by its various functions in the contexts in which it used. The first of its kind, this book advances SFL by applying it comparatively to English, Spanish and Ch
A Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese : A Text-based Analysis
β Scribed by Eden Sum-hung Li
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 292
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Foreword by M A K Halliday
1. Historical and theoretical background
2. Building block: below the clause
3. Construing experience: clause as representation
4. Construing connectivity: grammatical logic
5. Enacting relationships: clause as exchange
6. Enabling discourse: clause as message
7. Above the clause: connexity of texts
References
Appendix.
β¦ Subjects
Chinese language -- Grammar;Chinese language -- Syntax
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