From clause to discourse and beyond : a guide to three major structural-functional theories / / Christopher S. Butler

• Autore: Butler Christopher <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 576 p
• Disciplina: 410/.1/8
• Soggetto topico: Structural linguistics; Functionalism (Linguistics); Role and reference grammar; Systemic grammar
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Structure and Function A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories: Part 2 -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Illocution and related phenomena -- Chapter 2. Information structure -- Chapter 3. Complex sentences -- Chapter 4. Discourse, text and context -- Chapter 5. Learning and applying the grammar -- Chapter 6. Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar -- References -- Name index -- Language index -- Subject index -- The serie STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES.
• Sommario/riassunto: Like its companion volume, this book offers a detailed description and comparison of three major structural-functional theories: Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar, illustrated throughout with corpus-derived examples from English and other languages. Whereas Part 1 confines itself largely to the simplex clause, Part 2 moves from the clause towards the discourse and its context. The first three chapters deal with the areas of illocution, information structuring (topic and focus, theme and rheme, given and new information, etc.), and clause combining within complex sentences. Chapter 4 examines approaches to discourse, text and context across the three theories. The fifth chapter deals with the learning of language by both native and non-native speakers, and applications of the theories in stylistics, computational linguistics, translation and contrastive studies, and language pathology. The final chapter assesses the extent to which each theory attains the goals it sets for itself, and then outlines a programme for the development of an integrated approach responding to a range of criteria of descriptive and explanatory adequacy.
• Titolo autorizzato: From clause to discourse and beyond
• ISBN: 1-282-16124-5; 9786612161247; 90-272-9652-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825710103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in language companion series ; ; v. 64.