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

• Autore: Tucker Gordon H (Gordon Howard), <1945->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Cassell, 1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 415; 425
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Adjective; Lexicology; Systemic grammar
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The lexicogrammar of adjectives
• ISBN: 1-281-29133-1; 9786611291334; 1-84714-067-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812496503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Functional descriptions of language series.