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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780740503321

Autore

Dik S. C (Simon C.)

Titolo

The theory of functional grammar . Part 1 Structure of the clause / / Simon C. Dik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , [1997]

©1997

ISBN

1-283-39864-8

9786613398642

3-11-021836-4

Edizione

[Second revised edition /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (532 p.)

Collana

Functional Grammar Series [FGS] ; ; 20

Functional grammar series ; ; 20

Classificazione

ET 180

Altri autori (Persone)

HengeveldKees <1957->

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

English language - Syntax

Functionalism (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First edition: 1989.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- List of tables and figures -- Abbreviations used in FG-representations -- 1. Methodological preliminaries -- 2. Some basic concepts of linguistic theory -- 3. Preview of Functional Grammar -- 4. The nuclear predication -- 5. States of Affairs and semantic functions -- 6. On the function and structure of terms -- 7. Term operators -- 8. Non-verbal predicates -- 9. Nuclear, core, and extended predication -- 10. Perspectivizing the State of Affairs: Subject and Object assignment -- 11. Reconsidering the Semantic Function Hierarchy; Raising; Ergativity -- 12. Predication, proposition, clause -- 13. Pragmatic functions -- 14. Expression rules -- 15. The operation of expression rules -- 16. Principles of constituent ordering -- 17. Constituent ordering: problems and complications -- 18. Prosodic features -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction When one takes a functional approach to the study of natural languages, the ultimate questions one is interested in can be formulated as: How does the natural language user (NLU) work? How do speakers and addressees succeed ...