Linguistics in a systemic perspective / edited by James D. Benson, Michael J. Cummings and William S. Greaves.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benson, James D.

Cummings, Michael (Michael Joseph)

Greaves, William S.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 39.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Systemic grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The purpose of this book is to provide a general introduction to Systemic Linguistics in the form of essays written by leading figures in the field. These are, with one exception, not previously published, and taken together they constitute a comprehensive coverage of the diverse interests of current systemic theory. The volume contains bibliographies and an index.

Contents:

LINGUISTICS IN A SYSTEMIC PERSPECTIVE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; INTONATIONAND MEANING IN SPONTANEOUS DISCOURSE1; NOTES; REFERENCES; ON THE INEFFABILITY OF GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES; REFERENCES; SYSTEMIC SYNTAX FROM A LEXICAL POINT OF VIEW; Words and Lexical Items; Fawcett's 'Proposals'; Word and Morpheme; The Genesis of Lexical Items; The 'Cluster'; Long Lexical Items; Conclusion; Envoi; NOTES; REFERENCES; SENSEAND STRUCTURE IN LEXIS; Introduction; Hypothesis; Evidence: Main Senses; Minor Senses; Counterexamples: General

Counterexamples: First SenseDescriptive and Prescriptive Study; Counterexamples: Second and Third Senses; First Minor Sense; Conclusion; Table 1 Co-ordination of sense and syntax: summary; Table 2 Co-ordination of sense and syntax; Appendix; REFERENCES; TEXT, TERMS AND MEANINGS: SOME PRINCIPLES OF ANALYSIS; NOTES; REFERENCES; POLITENESS AND THE SEMANTICS OF MODALISED DIRECTIVES IN ENGLISH; 1.0 Congruence and the Analysis of Directives; 2.0 Politeness in Linguistics; 3.0 Politeness, Speech Act Classification and the Semantics of Mood and Modalisation in English; 3.1 Semantic Force Options

3.2 The Semantics of the 'Root' Modals3.3 Predictions from the Semantics; 3.31 Acceptability; 3.32 Speech Act Classification; 3.33 Politeness; 3.34 Relationships between Speech Act Classification and Politeness; 4.0 Hypothesis Testing; 4.1 Methodology; 4.2 Hypotheses and Results of Testing; 4.21 Acceptability and Speech Act Classification; 4.22 Politeness Rating; 4.221 Hypotheses Relating Politeness to Speech Act Classification; ON DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES IN THE SYNTAX OF ENGLISH; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE ENGLISH PERSONAL PRONOUNS: AN EXERCISE IN LINGUISTIC THEORY; 1. The Problem

2. The Method of Approach3. Model 1: A Purely Formal Grammar; 4. Model 2: A Grammar Incorporating the Traditional Subcategorizations; 5. Simplifying the Network in Model 2; 6. Model 3: A Grammar with a Semantic System Network; 7. Model 3: The Realization Rules; 8. The Price to be Paid; 9. Conclusions; NOTES; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; SEMANTICS FOR A SYSTEMIC GRAMMAR: THE CHOOSER AND INQUIRY FRAMEWORK; 1.0 The Task of the Chooser and Inquiry Framework; 2.0 The Chooser of a System Asks an Inquiry; 2.1 Branching Inquiries: CommandQ; 2.2 Identifying Inquiries: MoodID; 2.3 The Choose Operator

Choice Conditions2.4 Choosers: The MOOD TYPE Chooser; 2.5 Chooser-based Typology of Systems; 2.6 Descriptive Claims; 3.0 Inter-stratal Organization: Above & Below Inquiries; 3.1 Above - the Environment: What Inquiries are Asked of; 3.2 Below - Grammar; 4.0 Intra-stratal Organization; 4.1 Inquiry Organization within a Chooser: PRIMARY TENSE; 4.2 Organization beyond the Chooser - Inquiries and the Network: The MOOD Region; 4.3 A Network of Inquiries?: POLARITY; 5.0Factoring of the Framework; 6.0 Semantics and the Consumer; 6.1 Chooser-inquiry Semantics and the Consumer

6.2 Sociological Semantics

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31381-2

9786613313812

90-272-7876-8

OCLC:

757401384