A Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese
1st Edition
Published on 20. February 2007
292 pages
978-1-4411-2749-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents an analysis of Chinese grammar from a systemic functional perspective. Its main focus is the clausal grammar of Chinese, and Dr Li provides a thorough analysis of Chinese clauses according to their constituent parts. However, uniquely, the second half of the book extends this examination into an analysis of Chinese discourse and text analysis. Professor Halliday's foreword praises Eden Li's thorough analysis, and shows its relevance to the field of systemic functional linguistics in general. Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese provides the reader with a general theoretical framework of grammar and discourse analysis from a systemic functional perspective.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-2749-5 (9781441127495)
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Book
02/2007
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
€266.60
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Person
Eden Sum-hung Li is Research Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong.
Content
1. Historical and theoretical background
2. Building block: below the clause
3. Construing experience: clause as representation
4. Construing connectivity: grammatical logic
5. Enacting relationships: clause as exchange
6. Enabling discourse: clause as message
7. Above the clause: connexity of texts
References
Appendix
2. Building block: below the clause
3. Construing experience: clause as representation
4. Construing connectivity: grammatical logic
5. Enacting relationships: clause as exchange
6. Enabling discourse: clause as message
7. Above the clause: connexity of texts
References
Appendix
