Approaches to Systemic Functional Grammar
Convergence and Divergence
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 11. June 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
356 pages
978-1-78179-687-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume brings together contributions to a key area of interest within the framework of systemic functional linguistics: the role of meaning in the lexicogrammar. A key figure in the debate on this role is Robin Fawcett who has long argued for a fully semantic lexicogrammar where the relevant systems are seen as representing `choices between meanings'. This volume, a festschrift in honour of Fawcett's long-standing contribution to the field, raises important questions related to lexicogrammatical meaning within systemic functional linguistics by examining the meaning-form interface, lexicogrammatical meaning in theme and transitivity, as well as lexis, intonation and its role in computational models. Importantly, discussions in the volume also explore the relationship between alternative approaches to systemic functional lexicogrammar, notably between the Hallidayan model and the Cardiff Grammar model developed primarily by Robin Fawcett.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
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College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
520 gr
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978-1-78179-687-0 (9781781796870)
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Gordon Tucker was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, and is now, in retirement, Honorary Research Fellow in the same Centre. Guowen Huang is Dean of the College of Foreign Studies and Director of Centre for Ecolinguistics at South China Agricultural University, in Guangzhou, China.
Lise Fontaine is a Reader in the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University.
Edward McDonald is Professor in Functional Linguistics in the School of Foreign Languages at Sun Yat-sen University, China.
Lise Fontaine is a Reader in the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University.
Edward McDonald is Professor in Functional Linguistics in the School of Foreign Languages at Sun Yat-sen University, China.
Content
Foreword Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Introduction Gordon Tucker, Guowen Huang, Lise Fontaine and Edward McDonald Section 1: Divergence 1. Finding Complementarity in the Approaches of M.A.K. Halliday and Robin Fawcett Jonathan Webster, City University of Hong Kong 2. Relating Form and Meaning: A Comparison of the Cardiff Grammar with Other Functional and/or Cognitive/Constructionist Approaches Christopher Butler, Swansea University 3. On the Abstractness of Levels of Description in Systemic Functional Linguistics Mick O'Donnell, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid 4. Embedding in the Cardiff Grammar: A Comparative Study Zhang Delu, Tongji University 5. `United but not the Same': Exploring Ways of Talking across Divergence within SFL Edward McDonald Section 2: Convergence 6. From Form to Meaning in the Cardiff Model of Language and Its Use: A Functional-Syntactic Analysis of `He has been Talking about Going to the Grand Canyon with Margaret for Many Years' Guowen Huang 7. On the Meaning-Form Interface of the Cardiff Grammar Victor Castel, National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina 8. Lexical Representation in the Cardiff Grammar: An Appraisal Gordon Tucker 9. Referring and the Nominal Group: A Closer Look at the Selector Element Lise Fontaine and David Schoenthal, Cardiff University Section 3: Description 10. Quantifying Things: The `Quantifying Modifier' and its Raising Construction in Japanese Hiroshi Funamoto, Hokuriku University 11. Intonation in Semantic System Networks Paul Tench, Cardiff University 12. On Choosing the Subject Theme Margaret Berry, University of Nottingham (retired) 13. Negation in Japanese: A New Treatment of Nai as a Process Type in the Japanese Transitivity Network - A Kyoto Grammar Approach Masaaki Tatsuki, Doshisha University 14. An Alternative Model of the Transitivity System of Chinese Wei He, Beijing Foreign Studies University 15. The Ideational Semantics of the Canonical Existential Clause in English Kristin Davidse, Catholic University of Leuven Section 4: Towards Consilience 16. Models - Predictions - Data: An (Un)Problematic Relationship? Erich Steiner, Saarland University