Functional Discourse Grammar for English

Zusatztext A Functional Discourse Grammar of English is a great resource for a course in English grammar Informationen zum Autor Evelien Keizer is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Vienna. Her main interest is in the interplay between the discourse-pragmatic, semantic, syntactic, and phonological properties of linguistic expressions. Her overall approach is a functional-cognitive one; more specifically she works within the framework of Functional Discourse Grammar. Her publications include The English Noun Phrase: The Nature of Linguistic Categorization (CUP, 2007) and The Syntax of Dutch: The Noun Phrase, Vol. 1 (Amsterdam University Press, 2011). Her current research interests include syntactic alternations, linguistic categorization, and the analysis of semi-fixed expressions. Klappentext This is the first textbook on Functional Discourse Grammar, a recently developed theory of language structure which analyses utterances at the pragmatic, semantic, morphosyntactic and phonological level. It focuses principally on English and provides extensive exercises for students to use and evaluate the theory. Zusammenfassung This is the first textbook on Functional Discourse Grammar, a recently developed theory of language structure which analyses utterances at the pragmatic, semantic, morphosyntactic and phonological level. It focuses principally on English and provides extensive exercises for students to use and evaluate the theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Why Functional Discourse Grammar? 2: The general architecture of FDG 3: The Interpersonal Level 4: The Representational Level 5: The Morphosyntactic Level 6: The Phonological Level 7: Sample representations Glossary List of languages References Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Evelien Keizer, Evelien (Professor of English Language and Keizer, Keizer Evelien
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.01.2015
• EAN: 9780199571871
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957187-1
• Pagine: 360
• Serie: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica romanza; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Phonetics, phonology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics & pragmatics