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Sonstiges

Sonstiges Robin P. Fawcett Cognitive linguistics and social interaction towards an integrated model of a systemic functional grammar and the other components of a communicating mind. XIV/290 pages. Paper. ISBN 3-87276-228-1 DM 24, - With the support of a detailed account of many central parts of a grammar of English, this book makes the case for a major theoretical about-tum in 4core' linguistics: away from the view that syntactic structures (whether or not transformationally related) lie at the heart of an explanation of language, and towards the view that such structures are merely the realisations of choices between meanings. Dr. Fawcett emphasises that it is these semantic options, which are related by explicit rules to 'surface1 form, that lie at the heart of the grammar. Thus, the type of complexity that it is most crucial to include in an explanation of language is not syntactic but semantic, in the sense that each formal unit of language can be shown to express many different types of meaning, often simultaneously in a single element. The theory presented here is systemic. It is thus derived from Halliday and ultimately Firth, but the direct influence of de Saussure is also strong. Fawcett's model http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Literary Semantics de Gruyter

Sonstiges

Journal of Literary Semantics , Volume 10 (1) – Jan 1, 1981
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Robin P. Fawcett Cognitive linguistics and social interaction towards an integrated model of a systemic functional grammar and the other components of a communicating mind. XIV/290 pages. Paper. ISBN 3-87276-228-1 DM 24, - With the support of a detailed account of many central parts of a grammar of English, this book makes the case for a major theoretical about-tum in 4core' linguistics: away from the view that syntactic structures (whether or not transformationally related) lie at the heart of an explanation of language, and towards the view that such structures are merely the realisations of choices between meanings. Dr. Fawcett emphasises that it is these semantic options, which are related by explicit rules to 'surface1 form, that lie at the heart of the grammar. Thus, the type of complexity that it is most crucial to include in an explanation of language is not syntactic but semantic, in the sense that each formal unit of language can be shown to express many different types of meaning, often simultaneously in a single element. The theory presented here is systemic. It is thus derived from Halliday and ultimately Firth, but the direct influence of de Saussure is also strong. Fawcett's model

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