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Explorations in Functional Syntax
George David Morley
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Description for Explorations in Functional Syntax
Hardcover. 'Explorations in Functional Syntax' develops a practical framework for analysing the syntactic structure of a text from a functional perspective. It is well illustrated with examples of the descriptive framework in action throughout the text and in a summary end chapter. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
Explorations in Functional Syntax develops a practical framework for analysing the syntactic structure of a text from a functional perspective. It outlines a model in which the syntactic analysis, on a single dimension, mirrors more explicitly the multidimensional meaning structure of the text. The syntactic framework thus takes account of semantic concepts such as participants and things, processes, features and qualities, and circumstances, all of which constitute elements of ideas. But it also deals with the cohesive links which connect ideas and with personal comments, etc. which may be interspersed in amongst them. Though set firmly in the mould of ... Read more
Explorations in Functional Syntax develops a practical framework for analysing the syntactic structure of a text from a functional perspective. It outlines a model in which the syntactic analysis, on a single dimension, mirrors more explicitly the multidimensional meaning structure of the text. The syntactic framework thus takes account of semantic concepts such as participants and things, processes, features and qualities, and circumstances, all of which constitute elements of ideas. But it also deals with the cohesive links which connect ideas and with personal comments, etc. which may be interspersed in amongst them. Though set firmly in the mould of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904768005
SKU
V9781904768005
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Ref
99-2
About George David Morley
G. David Morley is Lecturer in Modern Languages at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He is also the author of An Introduction to Systemic Grammar (Macmillan, 1985) and Syntax in Functional Grammar: an Introduction to Lexicogrammar in Systemic Linguistics (Continuum, 2000).
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