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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780803003321

Autore

Li Eden Sum-hung

Titolo

A systemic functional grammar of Chinese [[electronic resource] ] : a text-based analysis / / Eden Sum-hung Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2007

ISBN

1-282-45228-2

9786612452284

1-4411-2749-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Disciplina

495.1/82421

Soggetti

Chinese language - Grammar

Chinese language - Syntax

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 (p. [267]-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Historical and theoretical backgrounds; 2 Building blocks: Below the clause; 3 Construing experience: Clause as representation; 4 Construing relationships: The natural logic of language; 5 Enacting relationships: Clause as exchange; 6 Enabling discourse: Clause as message; 7 Above the clause: Creation of texts; Appendix 1: Systemic notation conventions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 theoretica