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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Christopher, 1945-

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 64.

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 64

Structure and function ; pt. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Structural linguistics.

Functionalism (Linguistics).

Role and reference grammar.

Systemic grammar.

Physical Description:

xiii, 576 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2003.

Language Note:

English

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 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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612161247

9781282161245

1282161245

9789027296528

9027296529

OCLC:

55641441