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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812496503321

Autore

Tucker Gordon H (Gordon Howard), <1945->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Cassell, 1998

ISBN

1-281-29133-1

9786611291334

1-84714-067-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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