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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Philadelphia, Pa. :
John Benjamins,
2004.
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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.