Syntax in functional grammar : an introduction to lexicogrammar in systemic linguistics

✍ Scribed by G David Morley

Publisher: Contiuum
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Leaves: 257
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This well-illustrated book outlines a framework for the analysis of syntactic structure from a perspective of a systematic functional grammar. In oart, the book goes back to the grammar's "scale and category" roots, but now with the aim of presenting how a descriptive framework illustrating how the analysis of the syntactic structure can reflect the meaning structure. The contents are divided into four sections. Read more...

Content: Introduction; Part I: The linguistic framework; Part II: Class; Part III: Structure; Part IV: Complexity and complementation; Select bibliography; Index.
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This manual outlines a framework for the analysis of syntactic grammar from a perspective of a systemic functional grammar. With examples throughout, it provides a brief overview of systemic grammar, Read more...

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