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A functional discourse grammar for English /
This is the first textbook on Functional Discourse Grammar, a recently developed theory of language structure which analyses utterances at four independent levels of grammatical representation: pragmatic, semantic, morphosyntactic and phonological. The book offers a very systematic and highly access...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Oxford textbooks in linguistics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover ; A Functional Discourse Grammar for English; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of abbreviations and symbols; Abbreviations used in representations; Interpersonal level; Representational level; Morphosyntactic level; Phonological level; Parts-of-speech; Abbreviations used in glosses; 1: Why Functional Discourse Grammar?; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Why linguistic theory?; 1.3. Why functional?; 1.3.1. Some fundamental theoretical issues; 1.3.1.1. The purpose of language; 1.3.1.2. The object of study; (i) Central area of interest; (ii) Competence vs. performance.
- 1.3.1.3. Innateness1.3.1.4. The role of context; 1.3.1.5. The nature of linguistic categorization; 1.3.2. Formal and functional approaches; 1.4. Why discourse?; 1.5. What is (in) a grammar?; 1.6. Summary; Exercises; Suggestions for further reading; 2: The general architecture of FDG; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. FDG in its wider context; 2.2.1. The Conceptual Component; 2.2.2. The Contextual Component; 2.2.3. The Output Component; 2.3. The Grammatical Component; 2.3.1. Operations; 2.3.2. Primitives; 2.3.3. Levels of representation; 2.3.3.1. General structure of the four levels.
- 2.3.3.2. The Interpersonal Level2.3.3.3. The Representational Level; 2.3.3.4. The Morphosyntactic Level; 2.3.3.5. The Phonological Level; 2.4. Summary; Exercises; Suggestions for further reading; 3: The Interpersonal Level; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. The organization of the Interpersonal Level; 3.3. The Move; 3.3.1. General characterization; 3.3.2. The head; 3.3.3. Modifiers; 3.3.4. Operators; 3.4. The Discourse Act; 3.4.1. General characterization; 3.4.2. The head; 3.4.3. Modifiers; 3.4.4. Operators; 3.5. The Illocution; 3.5.1. General characterization; 3.5.2. The head; 3.5.2.1. Abstract heads.
- 3.5.2.2. Lexical heads3.5.3. Modifiers; 3.5.4. Operators; 3.6. The Speech Participants; 3.6.1. General characterization; 3.6.2. The head; 3.6.3. Modifiers; 3.6.4. Operators; 3.7. Communicated Content; 3.7.1. General characterization; 3.7.2. The head; 3.7.3. Modifiers; 3.7.4. Operators; 3.8. Ascriptive Subacts; 3.8.1. General characterization; 3.8.2. The head; 3.8.3. Modifiers; 3.8.4. Operators; 3.9. Referential Subacts; 3.9.1. General characterization; 3.9.2. The head; 3.9.2.1. Abstract heads; 3.9.2.2. Lexical heads; 3.9.2.3. Empty heads; 3.9.3. Modifiers; 3.9.4. Operators; 3.10. Summary.
- ExercisesSuggestions for further reading; 4: The Representational Level; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The organization of the Representational Level; 4.3. The Propositional Content; 4.3.1. General characterization; 4.3.2. The head; 4.3.2.1. Absent heads; 4.3.2.2. Empty heads; 4.3.2.3. Lexical heads; 4.3.2.3. Configurational heads; 4.3.3. Modifiers; 4.3.4. Operators; 4.4. The Episode; 4.4.1. General characterization; 4.4.2. The head; 4.4.2.1. Absent heads; 4.4.2.2. Empty heads; 4.4.2.3. Lexical heads; 4.4.2.4. Configurational heads; 4.4.3. Modifiers; 4.4.4. Operators; 4.5. The State-of-Affairs.