A systemic functional grammar of Chinese : a text-based analysis / Eden Sum-hung Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Eden Sum-hung.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--Grammar.

Chinese language.

Chinese language--Syntax.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents an analysis of Chinese grammar from a systemic functional perspective. Its main focus is the clausal grammar of Chinese, and Dr Li provides a thorough analysis of Chinese clauses according to their constituent parts. However, uniquely, the second half of the book extends this examination into an analysis of Chinese discourse and text analysis. Professor Halliday's foreword praises Eden Li's thorough analysis, and shows its relevance to the field of systemic functional linguistics in general. Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese provides the reader with a general theoretica

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Historical and theoretical backgrounds; 2 Building blocks: Below the clause; 3 Construing experience: Clause as representation; 4 Construing relationships: The natural logic of language; 5 Enacting relationships: Clause as exchange; 6 Enabling discourse: Clause as message; 7 Above the clause: Creation of texts; Appendix 1: Systemic notation conventions; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and index.

ISBN:

9786612452284

9781282452282

1282452282

9781441127495

1441127496

OCLC:

647854494