Structure and function : a guide to three major structural-functional theories. Part 2, From clause to discourse and beyond /
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. Where...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Australian Dutch Spanish |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins,
2003
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| Series: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 64. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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 w. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 576 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027296528 9027296529 |
| ISSN: | 0165-7763 ; |
| Language: | In English, with examples in Dutch, English, Gunian, and Spanish. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
