Structural Functional Studies In English Grammar

Author : Mike Hannay,Gerard J. Steen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027292599

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Structural-Functional Studies in English Grammar by Mike Hannay,Gerard J. Steen Pdf

This collection presents a number of studies in the lexico-grammar of English which focus on the one hand on close reading of language in context and on the other hand on current functional theoretical concerns. The various contributions represent distinct functionalist models of language, including Functional Grammar and Functional Discourse Grammar, Systemic-Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar, Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar. Taken together, however, they typify current work being conducted from the grammatical perspective within the functionalist enterprise, emphasizing on the relation between structure and usage. A fundamental goal of the enterprise is to identify linguistic structures which are constrained by specific features of use, or which actually encode specific features of use, as many of the contributions here show.

Author : Michael Hannay,Gerard Steen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027230935

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Structural-functional Studies in English Grammar by Michael Hannay,Gerard Steen Pdf

This collection presents a number of studies in the lexico-grammar of English which focus on the one hand on close reading of language in context and on the other hand on current functional theoretical concerns. The various contributions represent distinct functionalist models of language, including Functional Grammar and Functional Discourse Grammar, Systemic-Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar, Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar. Taken together, however, they typify current work being conducted from the grammatical perspective within the functionalist enterprise, emphasizing on the relation between structure and usage. A fundamental goal of the enterprise is to identify linguistic structures which are constrained by specific features of use, or which actually encode specific features of use, as many of the contributions here show.

Author : C. S. Butler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027230720

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Structure and Function: From clause to discourse and beyond by C. S. Butler Pdf

Volume 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).

Author : Christopher Butler,C. S. Butler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029790446

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Structure and Function by Christopher Butler,C. S. Butler Pdf

Volume two 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).

Author : Christopher Butler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1588113574

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Structure and Function: Approaches to the simplex clause by Christopher Butler Pdf

Volume 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).

Author : Christopher S. Butler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027296528

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Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories by Christopher S. Butler Pdf

Like 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.

Author : Caroline Coffin,Jim Donohue,Sarah North
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135692285

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Exploring English Grammar by Caroline Coffin,Jim Donohue,Sarah North Pdf

This engaging textbook bridges the gap between traditional and functional grammar. Starting with a traditional approach, students will develop a firm grasp of traditional tools for analysis and learn how SFG (Systemic Functional Grammar) can be used to enrich the traditional formal approach. Using a problem-solving approach, readers explore how grammatical structures function in different contexts by using a wide variety of thought-provoking and motivating texts including advertisements, cartoons, phone calls and chatroom dialogue. Each chapter focuses on a real world issue or problem that can be investigated linguistically, such as "mis"-translation or problems arising from a communication disorder. By working on these problems, students will become equipped to understand and analyze formal and functional grammar in different genres and styles. With usable and accessible activities throughout, Exploring English Grammar is ideal for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students of English language and linguistics.

Author : Christopher S. Butler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027296535

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Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories by Christopher S. Butler Pdf

This book and its companion volume present a detailed guide to three major structural-functional theories: Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar. This first volume provides the necessary background through a discussion of the characteristics of functional theories, followed by a brief analysis of six approaches to language in the light of this discussion. These chapters lead to a characterization of a smaller set of ‘structural-functional grammars’, among which FG, RRG and SFG are central. An overview of each of these theories in relation to the simplex clause is then presented, followed by a more critical comparison. The remainder of the book deals with the structure and meaning of phrasal units, the representation of situations, and the treatment of tense, aspect, modality and polarity, across the three theories. A major feature of the book is the use of examples from corpora of English and other languages, which serve not only to exemplify theoretical and descriptive claims, but also at times to challenge them.

Author : Christopher Butler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1588113590

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Structure and Function: From clause to discourse and beyond by Christopher Butler Pdf

Volume 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).

Author : Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027230324

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Content, Expression and Structure by Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen Pdf

This collection of papers offers an alternative to mainstream functional linguistics on two points. Especially in American linguistics, function and structure are often viewed almost as polar opposites; in addition, structure is often understood as being only a matter of linguistic form — or expression — as opposed to content. The book tries to illustrate why function and structure must be understood as mutually dependent in relation to language — and why the most interesting aspect of language structure is the way it structures the content side of language. In this, the book represents a reaffirmation of traditional concerns in structural linguistics, especially with respect to the structural integrity of individual languages — but with a reversal of traditional priority: structure is not autonomous, but must be understood on the basis of function. Without being hostile to typological and universal generalizations, the articles suggest that similarities between languages can only be responsibly discussed on the basis of an understanding that includes a respect for language differences. The book contains discussions of a number of different languages including Nahuatl, Danish Sign Language, French, and Tlapanec, and focuses on the way meaning is organized in the grammar of Danish. A final section sums up theoretical perspectives.

Author : Simon C. Dik
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : English language
ISBN : 3110154048

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The Theory of Functional Grammar by Simon C. Dik Pdf

Author : Jim Feist
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266521

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Semantic Structure in English by Jim Feist Pdf

Syntax puts our meaning (“semantics”) into sentences, and phonology puts the sentences into the sounds that we hear and there must, surely, be a structure in the meaning that is expressed in the syntax and phonology. Some writers use the phrase “semantic structure”, but are referring to conceptual structure; since we can express our conceptual thought in many different linguistic ways, we cannot equate conceptual and semantic structures. The research reported in this book shows semantic structure to be in part hierarchic, fitting the syntax in which it is expressed, and partly a network, fitting the nature of the mind, from which it springs. It is complex enough to provide for the emotive and imaginative dimensions of language, and for shifts of standard meanings in context, and the “rules” that control them. Showing the full structure of English semantics requires attention to many currently topical issues, and since the underlying theory is fresh, there are fresh implications for them. The most important of those issues is information structure, which is given full treatment, showing its overall structure, and its relation to semantics and the whole grammar of English.

Author : Alexander V. Bondarko
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1991-07-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027277794

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Functional Grammar by Alexander V. Bondarko Pdf

Every grammar has to a greater or lesser extent a functional aspect. In this book, Bondarko provides a comprehensive discourse on the theoretical foundations of grammar, concentrating on functional-semantic fields, with emphasis on the diversity of their structural types. Criteria for distinguishing between linguistically structured meaning and non-linguistic cognitive content is developed in a discussion on “the Category of Aspect and its Environment” which includes an analysis of aspectual opposition according to the Prague School. Special attention is also paid to analysing polycentric fields and, specifically, taxis in the Russian language. The book is divided into three sections: Functional Grammar: Subject Matter and Goals — Structural Types of Functional-Semantic Fields — Categorial Situations. This book is intended for those interested in the general theory of linguistics.

Author : Michael Joseph Cummings
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : English language
ISBN : 184553364X

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An Introduction to the Grammar of Old English by Michael Joseph Cummings Pdf

This book applies the techniques of systemic functional grammar to the description of the Old English historical dialect, 650-1150 CE. Systemic functional grammar is an approach to the description of language which distinguishes three separate functions in communication: language as representation, language as attitude, and language as the construction of text. Most applications of systemic functional theory have concentrated on modern English. This book is the first comprehensive description of the Old English dialect on systemic functional principles. The book begins with an outline of systemic functional grammatical theory. It then describes the Old English clause with a separate grammar for each of the three general functions it serves, the representational, the attitudinal, and the text-formative. Other areas covered include structures and functions within nominal, verbal and adverbial groups; relationships among clauses; embedding; and cohesion. The book is thus designed to suit the needs of systemic functional grammarians who are interested in the historical development of the English language. It is also designed for students of Old English who are looking for ways of explaining the grammatical system of Old English on terms other than those of traditional grammar.

Author : Debra Ziegeler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027293107

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Interfaces with English Aspect by Debra Ziegeler Pdf

The field of verbal aspect has been a focus for the derivation of a multiplicity of theoretical approaches ranging over decades of linguistic research. From the point of view of recent studies, though, there has been relatively little emphasis on the nature of the interaction of aspect with other categories, and the ways in which our knowledge of aspect acts as a primary semantic contributor to the creation of other basic verbal parameters such as tense and modality. This book aims to cross some of the categorial borders, using a collection of studies on the interfaces of English aspect with other grammatical domains. The studies in the book have been assembled in order to answer two central issues surrounding the nature of English aspect: the possibility of the historical co-existence of a perfective and imperfective grammatical distinction in English, and the derivation of modality as an inference arising out of specific conflicts and combinations of lexical and grammatical aspect. In answering these questions, a data-driven, rather than a theory-driven approach is favoured, and the general principles of Gricean pragmatics and grammaticalisation are applied to a wide range of empirical sources to propose alternative explanations to some long-established problems of English historical linguistics and semantics.