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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
1999.
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Colección: | Functional Descriptions of Language.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 grammar. After verbs and nouns, adjectives are the most important lexical word class. This is a descriptive and theoretical study of this central grammatical category, providing a demonstration of the validity of Halliday's hypothesis, and aiming to contribute to the linguistic theory of both system. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (253 pages) |
ISBN: | 9781847140678 184714067X |