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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Gordon H. (Gordon Howard), 1945-

Series:

Functional descriptions of language series.

Functional descriptions of language

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Adjective.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Lexicology.

Systemic functional linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Cassell, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611291334

9781281291332

1281291331

9781847140678

184714067X

OCLC:

290598441