Functional Discourse Grammar for English
«A Functional Discourse Grammar of English is a great resource for a course in English grammar»
Maria Gonzales, Functions of Language
This is the first textbook on Functional Discourse Grammar, a recently developed theory of language structure which analyses utterances at four independent levels of grammatical representation: pragmatic, semantic, morphosyntactic and phonological. Les mer
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down to phonology), while at the same time providing a detailed account of the interaction between these different levels. The many exercises, categorized according to degree of difficulty, ensure that students are challenged to use the theory in a creative manner, and invite them to test and
evaluate the theory by applying it to the new data in various linguistic contexts.
Evelien Keizer uses examples from a variety of sources to demonstrate how the theory of Functional Discourse Grammar can be used to analyse and explain the most important functional and formal features of present-day English. The book also contains examples from a wide variety of other typologically diverse languages, making it attractive not only to students of English linguistics but to anyone interested in linguistic theory more generally.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780199571864
- Utgivelsesår
- 2015
- Format
- 25 x 18 cm
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«A Functional Discourse Grammar of English is a great resource for a course in English grammar»
Maria Gonzales, Functions of Language