03472nam 2200637 a 450 991045742810332120200520144314.01-283-31262-X978661331262490-272-7630-7(CKB)2550000000063747(EBL)794786(OCoLC)759101577(SSID)ssj0000993923(PQKBManifestationID)11553837(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000993923(PQKBWorkID)10956536(PQKB)11393538(MiAaPQ)EBC794786(Au-PeEL)EBL794786(CaPaEBR)ebr10509528(EXLCZ)99255000000006374719960409d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFunctional descriptions[electronic resource] theory in practice /edited by Ruqaiya Hasan, Carmel Cloran, David ButtAmsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub.c19961 online resource (417 p.)Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,0604-0763 ;v. 121Description based upon print version of record.90-272-3624-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Theories, maps, and descriptions / Davis Butt -- On grammar and grammatics / M.A.K. Halliday -- On the idea of theory-neutral descriptions / Christian Matthiessen and Christopher Nesbitt -- Ditransitivity and possession / Kristin Davidse -- So grammarians haven't the faintest idea : reconciling lexis-oriented and grammar-oriented approaches to language / Gordon H. Tucker -- The semantics of get-passives / Angela Downing -- Causation in Dutch and French : interpersonal aspects / Liesbeth Degand -- Process types in Finnish / Susanna Shore -- The "complement" in Chinese grammar / Edward McDonald -- Pitjantjatjara processes : an Australian experiential grammar / David Rose -- Metalinguistic diversity : the case from case / J.R. Martin.This volume focuses on the relation between theory and description by examining aspects of transitivity in different languages. Transitivity - or case grammar, to use the popular term - has always occupied a centre-stage position in linguistics, not least because of its supposedly privileged relation to states of affairs in the real world. Using a systemic functional perspective, the ten papers in this volume make a contribution to this scholarship by focusing on the transitivity patterns in language as the expression of the experiential metafunction. Through a study of different languages - EAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.Series IV,Current issues in linguistic theory ;v. 121.Grammar, Comparative and generalFunctionalism (Linguistics)MetalanguageElectronic books.Grammar, Comparative and general.Functionalism (Linguistics)Metalanguage.415Hasan Ruqaiya164719Cloran Carmel164718Butt David1950-164717MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457428103321Functional descriptions2133815UNINA