Approaches to Systemic Functional Grammar: Convergence and Divergence - Softcover

Gordon Tucker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781796874 ISBN 13: 9781781796870

Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

This volume brings together contributions to a key area of interest within the framework of systemic functional linguistics: the role of meaning in the lexicogrammar. A key figure in the debate on this role is Robin Fawcett who has long argued for a fully semantic lexicogrammar where the relevant systems are seen as representing `choices between meanings'. This volume, a festschrift in honour of Fawcett's long-standing contribution to the field, raises important questions related to lexicogrammatical meaning within systemic functional linguistics by examining the meaning-form interface, lexicogrammatical meaning in theme and transitivity, as well as lexis, intonation and its role in computational models. Importantly, discussions in the volume also explore the relationship between alternative approaches to systemic functional lexicogrammar, notably between the Hallidayan model and the Cardiff Grammar model developed primarily by Robin Fawcett.

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About the Author

Gordon Tucker was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, and is now, in retirement, Honorary Research Fellow in the same Centre. Guowen Huang is Dean of the College of Foreign Studies and Director of Centre for Ecolinguistics at South China Agricultural University, in Guangzhou, China. Lise Fontaine is a Reader in the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University. Edward McDonald is Professor in Functional Linguistics in the School of Foreign Languages at Sun Yat-sen University, China.

Edition details

• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781796874
• ISBN 13: 9781781796870
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Gordon Tucker, Guowen Huang, Lise Fontaine, Edward McDonald