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Describing Language: Form and Function (COLLECTED WORKS OF RUQAIYA HASAN)
Jonathan J. Webster
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Description for Describing Language: Form and Function (COLLECTED WORKS OF RUQAIYA HASAN)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan J (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong). Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: CBG; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 517.
How does one's grammar depend on one's conception of language? In systemic functional linguistics, language is viewed as a meaning potential, thus embracing the view, now supported by contemporary theories of the evolution of human consciousness, that language has evolved in the living of life in society. Using the theoretical framework of systemic functional linguistics, the chapters of this book explore the nature of language, the relations of meaning and society, of form and meaning, and of grammar and lexis. Halliday has referred to the level of lexicogrammar as the powerhouse of language: this is where the resource ... Read more
How does one's grammar depend on one's conception of language? In systemic functional linguistics, language is viewed as a meaning potential, thus embracing the view, now supported by contemporary theories of the evolution of human consciousness, that language has evolved in the living of life in society. Using the theoretical framework of systemic functional linguistics, the chapters of this book explore the nature of language, the relations of meaning and society, of form and meaning, and of grammar and lexis. Halliday has referred to the level of lexicogrammar as the powerhouse of language: this is where the resource ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904768418
SKU
V9781904768418
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About Jonathan J. Webster
Ruqaiya Hasan, who died in 2015, was a professor of linguistics who taught and held visiting positions at various universities in England. Her last appointment was at Macquarie University, Australia, from where she retired as Emeritus Professor in 1994. Jonathan J. Webster is Professor, Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, and Director, The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language ... Read more
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