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The lexicogrammar of adjectives : a systemic functional approach to lexis /

It has long been a tenet of systemic functional linguistics that lexis should be treated as "most delicate grammar", that is, that the "senses" of lexical items should be modelled in system networks that are essentially similar in kind to those used in model meanings realized in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tucker, Gordon H. (Gordon Howard), 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Cassell, 1998.
Colección:Functional descriptions of language series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Approaches to lexis in systemic linguistics; 3. The Cardiff Grammar; 4. Adjectives in English; 5. The syntax of adjectives: the quality group; 6. System networks and lexically oriented meaning; 7. The system network for Quality; 8. Realization rules for the Quality network; 9. Aspects of the lexicogrammar of Quality; 10. The syntactic environment of the quality group: nominal group modification; 11. Conclusions; References; Name index; Subject index