The lexicogrammar of adjectives [[electronic resource] ] : a systemic functional approach to lexis / / Gordon H. Tucker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777488403321
• Autore: Tucker Gordon H (Gordon Howard), <1945->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Cassell, 1998
• ISBN: 1-281-29133-1; 9786611291334; 1-84714-067-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Collana: Functional descriptions of language
• Disciplina: 415; 425
• Soggetti: Grammar, Comparative and general - Adjective; Lexicology; Systemic grammar
• 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 indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Approaches to lexis in systemic linguistics; 3. The Cardiff Grammar; 4. Adjectives in English; 5. The syntax of adjectives: the quality group; 6. System networks and lexically oriented meaning; 7. The system network for Quality; 8. Realization rules for the Quality network; 9. Aspects of the lexicogrammar of Quality; 10. The syntactic environment of the quality group: nominal group modification; 11. Conclusions; References; Name index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: It has long been a tenet of systemic functional linguistics that lexis should be treated as ""most delicate grammar"", that is, that the ""senses"" of lexical items should be modelled in system networks that are essentially similar in kind to those used in model meanings realized in grammar. After verbs and nouns, adjectives are the most important lexical word class. This is a descriptive and theoretical study of this central grammatical category, providing a demonstration of the validity of Halliday's hypothesis, and aiming to contribute to the linguistic theory of both systemic functional an

Managing across cultures : a learning framework / / Meena S. Wilson, Michael H. Hoppe, Leonard R. Sayles

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910663527603321
• Autore: Wilson Meena S
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Greensboro, N.C., : Center for Creative Leadership, c1996
• ISBN: 1-281-00156-2; 9786611001568; 1-932973-50-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 37 p
• Altri autori (Persone): HoppeMichael H; SaylesLeonard R
• Disciplina: 658
• Soggetti: International business enterprises - Management; Management; Comparative management; Intercultural communication
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "CCL no. 173"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Introduction -- Source of Identity: Individual-Collective -- Goals and Means of Achievement: Tough-Tender -- Orientation to Authority: Equal-Unequal -- Response to Ambiguity: Dynamic-Stable -- Means of Knowledge Acquisition: Active-Reflective -- Perspective on Time: Scarce-Plentiful -- Outlook on Life: Doing-Being -- Using the Framework -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix: Models of Cultural Difference.
• Sommario/riassunto: Managing in a multicultural setting can be very challenging. Culture strongly influences how people behave and how they understand the behavior of others, and cultures vary in the behaviors they find proper and acceptable. This report-which integrates work done by experts in the fields of anthropology, crosscultural psychology, and international business management with CCL's perspective on how executives learn from experience-describes the cultural values, often unconsciously held, that underlie work in the U.S. and provides managers in the U.S. with a structured way of learning about the value preferences of people from other cultures. Examples drawn from workplaces around the ; world aid in applying the framework.