Functional discourse grammar : a typologically-based theory of language structure / Kees Hengeveld and J. Lachlan Mackenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hengeveld, Kees, 1957-

Contributor:

Mackenzie, J. Lachlan.

Series:

Oxford linguistics.

Oxford linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Functional discourse grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first comprehensive presentation of Functional Discourse Grammar, a new and important theory of language structure. The authors set out its nature and origins and show how it relates to contemporary linguistic theory. They demonstrate and test its explanatory power and descriptive utility against linguistic facts from over 150 languages across a wide range of linguistic families. After a full introduction the book is divided into chapters concerned with the four levels of grammatical representation - pragmatic, semantic, morphosyntactic, and phonological - each of which has it

Contents:

Contents; Preface; List of tables and figures; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Functional Discourse Grammar; 1.2 Basic properties; 1.2.1 Introduction; 1.2.2 Top-down organization; 1.2.3 Discourse grammar; 1.2.4 Levels of representation; 1.2.5 Conceptual Component, Contextual Component, and Output Component; 1.3 The architecture of FDG; 1.3.1 Overall organization; 1.3.2 Levels and Layers; 1.3.3 Primitives; 1.3.4 Levels and primitives; 1.3.5 Implementation; 1.4 FDG in its broader context; 1.4.1 Introduction; 1.4.2 Functionalism; 1.4.3 Typology; 1.4.4 Language modelling; 1.4.5 On using FDG

1.5 Notational conventions1.6 Structure of the book; 2 The Interpersonal Level; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The organization of the Interpersonal Level; 2.3 The Move; 2.3.1 Introduction; 2.3.2 Heads; 2.3.3 Modifiers; 2.3.4 Operators; 2.3.5 Frames; 2.4 The Discourse Act; 2.4.1 Introduction; 2.4.2 Heads; 2.4.3 Modifiers; 2.4.4 Operators; 2.4.5 Frames; 2.5 Illocution; 2.5.1 Introduction; 2.5.2 Heads; 2.5.3 Modifiers; 2.5.4 Operators; 2.5.5 Frames; 2.6 The Participants; 2.6.1 Introduction; 2.6.2 Heads; 2.6.3 Modifiers; 2.6.4 Operators; 2.6.5 Frames; 2.7 The Communicated Content; 2.7.1 Introduction

2.7.2 Heads2.7.3 Modifiers; 2.7.4 Operators; 2.7.5 Frames; 2.8 Subacts; 2.8.1 Introduction; 2.8.2 Ascription; 2.8.3 Reference; 2.9 Building up the Interpersonal Level; 3 The Representational Level; 3.1 Introduction: semantics in FDG; 3.2 The organization of the Representational Level; 3.2.1 Semantic categories; 3.2.2 Subclasses of semantic categories; 3.2.3 The structure of representational layers; 3.3 Propositional contents; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 Heads; 3.3.3 Modifiers; 3.3.4 Operators; 3.3.5 Frames; 3.4 Episodes; 3.4.1 Introduction; 3.4.2 Heads; 3.4.3 Modifiers; 3.4.4 Operators

3.4.5 Frames3.5 States-of-Affairs; 3.5.1 Introduction; 3.5.2 Heads; 3.5.3 Modifiers; 3.5.4 Operators; 3.5.5 Frames; 3.6 Configurational Properties; 3.6.1 Introduction; 3.6.2 Heads; 3.6.3 Modifiers; 3.6.4 Operators; 3.6.5 Frames; 3.7 Lexical Properties; 3.7.1 Introduction; 3.7.2 Heads; 3.7.3 Modifiers; 3.7.4 Operators; 3.7.5 Frames; 3.8 Individuals; 3.8.1 Introduction; 3.8.2 Heads; 3.8.3 Modifiers; 3.8.4 Operators; 3.8.5 Frames; 3.9 Location; 3.9.1 Introduction; 3.9.2 Heads; 3.9.3 Modifiers; 3.9.4 Operators; 3.9.5 Frames; 3.10 Time; 3.10.1 Introduction; 3.10.2 Heads; 3.10.3 Modifiers

3.10.4 Operators3.10.5 Frames; 3.11 Manner; 3.11.1 Introduction; 3.11.2 Heads; 3.11.3 Modifiers; 3.11.4 Operators; 3.11.5 Frames; 3.12 Quantity; 3.12.1 Introduction; 3.12.2 Heads; 3.12.3 Modifiers; 3.12.4 Operators; 3.12.5 Frames; 3.13 Reason; 3.13.1 Introduction; 3.13.2 Heads; 3.13.3 Modifiers; 3.13.4 Operators; 3.13.5 Frames; 3.14 Reflexive language; 3.15 Building up the Representational Level; 4 The Morphosyntactic Level; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Purpose and scope of the chapter; 4.1.2 Relation to Interpersonal Level and the Representational Level; 4.1.3 Relation to Phonological Level

4.2 The organization of the Morphosyntactic Level

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-487) and indexes.

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ISBN:

0-19-927811-3

1-4356-7357-3

1-281-85296-1

9786611852962

0-19-156664-0

OCLC:

731646889