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Language typology : a functional perspective /

This book is intended as a systemic functional contribution to language typology both for those who would like to understand and describe particular languages against the background of generalizations about a wide range of languages and also for those who would like to develop typological accounts t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Caffarel, Alice, Martin, J. R., 1950-, Matthiessen, Christian M. I. M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : John Benjamins, 2004.
Colección:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 253.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • LANGUAGE TYPOLOGY
  • Editiorial page
  • Title page
  • LCC data
  • Table of contents
  • List of contributors
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Aims of the book
  • 1.2. Orientation
  • systemic functional language typology
  • 1.2.1. Typology as one research application within systemic 0.8cm functional linguistics
  • 1.2.2. Theory and description
  • the boundary between the two
  • 1.3. Mapping language
  • the dimensions of systemic functional theory
  • 1.3.1. Language as multidimensional semiotic space
  • 1.3.2. Instantiation (system to text).
  • 1.3.3. Axis (kind of order: system and structure)
  • 1.3.4. Metafunction (mode of meaning)
  • 1.3.5. Rank (domain of meaning)
  • 1.3.6. Stratification (depth of meaning)
  • 1.3.7. Summary of theoretical dimensions
  • 1.4. A systemic functional map of English lexicogrammar
  • 1.4.1. Interpersonal clause grammar
  • the system of mood
  • 1.4.2. Experiential clause grammar
  • the system of transitivity
  • 1.4.3. Textual clause grammar: The system of theme
  • 1.5. The global map and approaches to typology
  • 1.6. Sampling to support typological generalizations across descriptions.
  • 1.7. Organization of the book
  • Notes
  • References
  • 2. Metafunctional profile of the grammar of French
  • 2.1. French through time and space
  • 2.2. A short overview of French grammar
  • 2.2.1. Rank and metafunction
  • 2.2.2. A preview of the French clause
  • 2.3. French clause grammar: A metafunctional profile
  • 2.3.1. Mood
  • 2.3.2. Transitivity
  • 2.3.3. Text illustration of experiential clause grammar
  • 2.3.4. Theme
  • 2.4. Typological outlook
  • References
  • 3. Metafunctional profile of the grammar of German
  • 3.1. A brief history of German.
  • 3.2. A description of the paradigmatic and syntagmatic organization of the German clause
  • 3.3. The mood system and interpersonal structure
  • 3.3.1. Basic mood options
  • 3.3.2. Realization
  • 3.3.3. Use of tagging
  • 3.3.4. Subclasses of imperatives
  • 3.3.5. Mood structure
  • 3.3.6. Modality and polarity
  • 3.4. The transitivity system and experiential structure
  • 3.4.1. Process type
  • realization of transitivity roles
  • 3.4.2. Mental clauses
  • 3.4.3. Verbal clauses
  • 3.4.4. Relational clauses
  • 3.4.5. Material clauses
  • 3.4.6. Text illustration.
  • 3.5. The theme system and theme structure
  • 3.5.1. The theme system in text
  • 3.5.2. theme markedness
  • 3.5.3. Other features of Theme
  • 3.6. Conclusion and comments on methodology
  • Notes
  • References
  • 4. Metafunctional profile of the grammar of Japanese
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Metafunctional preview of the clause in Japanese
  • 4.3. The mood system and the modal structure
  • 4.3.1. The mood system and other interrelated systems
  • 4.3.2. Subject and modal structure in Japanese
  • 4.4. The transitivity system and experiential structure
  • 4.4.1. Verbal processes.