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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457428103321

Titolo

Functional descriptions [[electronic resource] ] : theory in practice / / edited by Ruqaiya Hasan, Carmel Cloran, David Butt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c1996

ISBN

1-283-31262-X

9786613312624

90-272-7630-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0604-0763 ; ; v. 121

Altri autori (Persone)

HasanRuqaiya

CloranCarmel

ButtDavid <1950->

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general

Functionalism (Linguistics)

Metalanguage

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theories, maps, and descriptions / Davis Butt -- On grammar and grammatics / M.A.K. Halliday -- On the idea of theory-neutral descriptions / Christian Matthiessen and Christopher Nesbitt -- Ditransitivity and possession / Kristin Davidse -- So grammarians haven't the faintest idea : reconciling lexis-oriented and grammar-oriented approaches to language / Gordon H. Tucker -- The semantics of get-passives / Angela Downing -- Causation in Dutch and French : interpersonal aspects / Liesbeth Degand -- Process types in Finnish / Susanna Shore -- The "complement" in Chinese grammar / Edward McDonald -- Pitjantjatjara processes : an Australian experiential grammar / David Rose -- Metalinguistic diversity : the case from case / J.R. Martin.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume focuses on the relation between theory and description by examining aspects of transitivity in different languages. Transitivity - or case grammar, to use the popular term - has always occupied a



centre-stage position in linguistics, not least because of its supposedly privileged relation to states of affairs in the real world. Using a systemic functional perspective, the ten papers in this volume make a contribution to this scholarship by focusing on the transitivity patterns in language as the expression of the experiential metafunction. Through a study of different languages - E