Language Typology: A Functional PerspectiveAlice Caffarel, J. R. Martin, Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen This book is intended as a systemic functional contribution to language typology both for those who would like to understand and describe particular languages against the background of generalizations about a wide range of languages and also for those who would like to develop typological accounts that are based on and embody descriptions of the systems of particular languages (rather than isolated constructions). The book is a unique contribution in at least two respects. On the one hand, it is the first book based on systemic functional theory that is specifically concerned with language typology. On the other hand, the book combines the particular with the general in the description of languages: it presents comparable sketches of particular languages while at the same time identifying generalizations based on the languages described here as well as on other languages. The volume explores eight languages, covering seven language families: French, German, Pitjantjatjara, Tagalog, Telugu, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese. |
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Language Typology: A functional perspective Alice Caffarel,J.R. Martin,Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen Limited preview - 2004 |
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Actor Process Adjunct adpositions anangu Attribute Cambridge Carrier Chinese circumstances circumstantial clause rank clitic Complement Comrie construed context contrast coverb dative declarative discourse distinction domain English ergative example existential existential clauses experiential Finite Finite/Predicator focus French German gloss Goal grammar Halliday & McDonald hypotactic ideational identifying imperative indicative interpersonal interpretation interrogative interrogative mood intonation Japanese languages lexical lexicogrammatical Linguistics marked marker Martin material Matthiessen means Medium metafunction modal mode Mood element morpheme negative Negotiator nominal group noun options Papuan languages participant particle patterns Phenomenon Pitjantjatjara polarity polysynthetic languages position Predicator process types prominence pronominal pronouns prosody realized relational Rheme role s/he Sayer Section semantic semiotic Senser sequence speaker structure Subject systemic functional Systemic Functional Grammar Table Tagalog Telugu tense Teruya thematic Theme Rheme tone topical Theme transitivity typological University Press unmarked Theme variation verb verbal group Vietnamese volume word