J. R. Martin, Beatriz Quiroz, Pin Wang

Systemic Functional Grammar (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 Chinese. By analysing English alongside two other, typologically very different major world languages, it shows how SFL can effectively address two central issues in linguistics - namely typology and universals. It concentrates in particular on argumentation, carefully explaining how descriptions of nominal group, verbal group and clause systems and structures are motivated, and draws on examples from key texts which display a full range of ideational, interpersonal and textual grammar resources. By working across three world languages from a text-based perspective, and demonstrating how grammar descriptions can be developed and improved, the book establishes the foundations for a groundbreaking functional approach to language typology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009284974
• Artikelnr.: 68953784

Autorenporträt

J. R. Martin is Professor at the Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney and was Visiting Professor at the Department of Language Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is best known for his work on discourse analysis, appraisal and genre. In April 2014 Shanghai Jiao Tong University opened its Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, appointing Professor Martin as Director.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
1. Systemic functional grammar
2. Nominal group
3. Verbal group
4. Mood
5. Transitivity
6. Theme
7. Envoi
Afterword
Appendices
Index.