Theory and Practice in Functional-Cognitive Space

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María de los Ángeles Gómez González Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez Francisco Gonzálvez-García Angela Downing(Herausgeber*in)

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Erschienen am 22. Juli 2014

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Theory and Practice in Functional-Cognitive Space
Editorial page
Title page
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Table of contents
Plotting functional-cognitive space
1. Preliminary remarks
2. On the notion of functional-cognitive space
3. The contributions in this volume
3.1 Contributions using Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL)
3.2 Contributions using Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG)
3.3 Contributions using Role and Reference Grammar (RRG)
3.4 Contributions using a cognitivist theory
4. A final overview of this book and concluding remarks
References
Part I. Systemic Functional linguistics
Giving it my best shot: Towards a coherent functional analysis of metaphorically-derived processes
1. Participant Roles, metaphor and light verbs
2. The case of "give"
2.1 The aim of this chapter
2.2 Prototypical give
2.3 Identifying "give" as a relational process
3. Departures from the prototype
3.1 Departure 1: Possessed = [+ inalienable]
3.2 Departure 2: given entity =[ +abstract], giver = ± human]
3.3 Departure 3: Semiotic giving in acts of communication
3.4 Speech Act verbs
3. 5 Departure 4: Clear light verb constructions with "give"
3.6 Final departures
4. Conclusions
References
The cultural classification of 'things': Towards a comprehensive system network for English noun senses
1. Introduction
2. The place of the network in the overall model of language
2.1 The components of a model of language
2.2 Above language: The relationship between a system network for noun senses and an ontology of objects
3. The functions and structure of a system network for noun senses
3.1 The two major functions of the system network
3.2 The structure and scope of the system network
3.2.1 The overall structure: two ways of representing the system network
3.2.2 The size and semantic scope of the system network
3.2.3 The principles underlying the system network
3.3 The central roles of probabilities in the system network
3.4 The problem of the 'count' versus 'mass' distinction and related matters
3.4.1 The problem of 'count' versus 'mass'
3.4.2 Two further problems with 'mass' versus 'count' as a primary system
3.4.3 The solution to these apparent problems
3.4.4 Long thin things and other such grammatically realized categories
3.5 Some important non-taxonomic features in the system network
3.6 Other types of meaning in the network: Affective, register and dialect
4. Summary and conclusions
References
An interpersonal study of the leading hotels of the world: A systemic-functional social-semiotic approach
1. Introduction
2. SFG and Visual Social Semiotics
3. The analysis of the interpersonal/interactive meaning
3.1 Methodology. Some troubleshooting aspects
3.2 Interpersonal options in verbal language
3.3 Interactive choices in the photographs
4. Conclusion: The co-deployment of images and words
References
Theme and variations
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to the data
2.1 Selection of the data - principles adopted
2.2 Description of the data
2.3 Ordering of specific text extracts
3. Introduction to the thematic analysis
3.1 What sorts of meanings occur at the beginnings of clauses?
3.2 How much of a clause counts as the beginning?
3.3 A further variation in approach
4. The thematic distribution of references to interactants
4.1 The overall frequency of references to interactants
4.2 The thematic distribution of interactant references according to the A cut-off point
4.3 The thematic distribution of interactant references according to the B cut-off point
5. Theme, interactants, and grammatical metaphor
5.1 Interpersonal grammatical metaphor
5.2 Interpersonal grammatical metaphor in Theme
5.3 Interpersonal framing and Biber's Dimension 1
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Part II. Functional Discourse Grammar
Modification as a propositional act
1. Introduction
2. The actional status of modification
3. Modifiers used in Subacts of Modification
3.1 Modifiers used in classifying Subacts of Modification: Classifying modifiers
3.2 Modifiers used in qualifying Subacts of Modification: Qualifying modifiers
3.3 Modifiers used in quantifying Subacts of Modification: Quantifying modifiers
3.4 Modifiers used in localizing/anchoring Subacts of Modification: Localizing/anchoring modifiers
3.5 Modifiers used in discourse-referential Subacts of Modification: Discourse-referential modifiers
4. Modifiers in attitudinal Subacts of Modification
5. Summary and conclusion
References
Derivational morphology in Functional Discourse Grammar
1. Introduction
2. FDG: General architecture
3. Derivational morphology
4. Derivational morphology in FDG
4.1 General principles
4.2 Some applications
4.2.1 Synthetic compounding
4.2.2 Affixation: "-ize"
4.2.3 Quantitative valency-changing operations
4.2.4 Qualitative valency changes
5. Conclusion
References
"Agreement" as a perspectivizing device in discourse: The view from French
1. Introduction
1.1 "Cross-reference" vs. "agreement"
2. Discourse- and semantic-oriented accounts of "agreement"
3. The sensitivity of agreement phenomena to factors relating to different levels in the FDG model
3.1 The Interpersonal level
3.2 The Morphosyntactic Level
3.3 The Conceptual component: Speaker's conceptualisation of the topic (the notion of "referential perspective" superimposed by certain agreement targets)
3.4 The Representational Level
3.5 The Contextual and Conceptual components
4. Towards a derivation of certain French agreement configurations within the FDG model
5. Taking stock: Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix
Part III. Role and Reference Grammar
Interfacing the lexicon and an ontology in a linking system
1. The framework
2. Interfacing the lexicon and the ontology
2.1 Challenging the notion of LSs
2.2 Looking at the lexicon from an ontology: The notion of CLS
3. Constructional schemas
4. The grammaticon in an ontological framework
5. Conclusions
References
From directionals to telics Meaning construction, word-formation and grammaticalization in Role and Reference Grammar
1. Aims, methodology and theoretical background
2. Preverbs in Old English
3. A comparison with Sanskrit, Gothic and Old Icelandic preverbs
4. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Part IV. Cognitively-oriented and construction-based approaches
Cognitive functionalism in language education
1. Cognitive functionalism
2. Syntactic structure: Word order and dependency geometry
3. Language education
References
"That's so a construction!" Some reflections on innovative uses of "so" in p resent-day English
1. Introduction
2. Some working assumptions on the category of degree, subjectivity and metonymy
3. A fine-grained analysis of the "X is so N" construction in contemporary English
3.1 so-CELEBRITY
3.2 so-PROPER NAME
3.3 so-BRAND NAME
3.4 so-COMPANY NAME
3.5 so-TIME
3.6 so-MONEY
3.7 so-PLACE
3.8 so-MUSIC
3.9 so-SPORT
3.10 so-BODY PART
3.11 so-ANIMAL
3.12 so-FOOD
3.13 so-CLOTHES
3.14 so-INSTITUTION
3.15 so-SPECIFIC INSTITUTION
3.16 so-EVENT
3.17 so-TV SHOW
4. Closing remarks
References
Constructing discourse and discourse constructions
1. Introduction
2. A typology of cognitive models
3. Constructions
4. Discourse constructions
5. Constructing discourse
6. Conclusion
References
Name index
Term index

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