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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955432003321

Titolo

Functional grammar and verbal interaction / / edited by Mike Hannay, A. Machtelt Bolkestein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamin Pub. Co., c1998

ISBN

1-283-28031-0

9786613280312

90-272-8188-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Studies in language companion series (SLCS), , 0165-7763 ; ; v. 44

Altri autori (Persone)

HannayMichael

BolkesteinA. Machtelt

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Functionalism (Linguistics)

Interpersonal communication

Discourse analysis

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

pt. 1. Discourse and grammar -- pt. 2. The interpersonal component -- pt. 3. Information structure.

Sommario/riassunto

Functional Grammar (FG) as set out by Simon Dik is the ambitious combination of a functionalist approach to the study of language with a consistent  formalization of the underlying structures which it recognizes as relevant. The present volume represents the attempts made within the FG framework to expand the theory so as to cover a wider empirical domain than is usual for highly formalized linguistic theories, namely that of written and spoken discourse, while retaining its methodological precision. The book  covers an array of phenomena, both from monologue and from dialogue material, relati