Layers and levels of representation in language theory: a functional view
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam J. Benjamins Pub. Co. 1990
Series:Pragmatics & beyond new ser. 13
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Rather than simply a record of proceedings (3rd International Conference on Functional Grammar, Amsterdam, June 1988), this volume contains revised and expanded papers from the conference and other papers inspired by the lively discussion there. The volume focuses on the nature of the structures assumed to underlie utterences in natural languages, in two respects. One area is the question of whether to expand the representations accepted in Functional Grammar (FG) in order to capture interpersonal functions, i.e., communication between speaker and hearer in a particular situation and context, to
LAYERS AND LEVELSOF REPRESENTATION IN LANGUAGE THEORY A FUNCTIONAL VIEW; Editorial page; Title page; Copyrigh page; Table of contents; List of Contributors; Preface; The Hierarchical Structure of Utterances; The Hierarchical Structure of the Clause and the Typology of Adverbial Satellites; Sentential Complements in Functional Grammar: Embedded Predications, Propositions, Utterances in Latin; Semantic Relations in Non-Verbal Predication; Asymmetries in the Use of Tense and Modality; Tense, Semantics and Layered Syntax; Toward a Unified Analysis of Terms and Predications
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 348 pages)
ISBN:1556192797
9027250235
9027283346
9781556192791
9789027250230
9789027283344

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