Understanding verbal art : a functional linguistic approach /: a functional linguistic approach. ([2014])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Understanding verbal art : a functional linguistic approach /: a functional linguistic approach. ([2014])
- Main Title:
- Understanding verbal art : a functional linguistic approach
- Further Information:
- Note: Jonathan Webster.
- Authors:
- Webster, Jonathan, 1955-
- Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Thinking About Language; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Dealing with Indeterminacy in Language; 1.3 Thinking Grammatically: Grammatics; 1.4 Thinking About the Text: Arriving at a Theory of the Text; 1.5 Systemic Functional Theory; 1.6 Theory of Lexicogrammar; 1.7 Theory of Lexis; 1.8 System in Language; 1.9 Ideational Meaning; 1.10 Logical Meaning; 1.11 Interpersonal Meaning; 1.12 Textual Meaning; 1.13 Language as a Stratified, Multifunctional System; 1.14 Conclusion; References; 2 Stepping into Meaning with Iskandar J in His Studio; 2.1 Introducing Edwin Thumboo. 2.2 Creativity in Language2.3 Reading Edwin Thumboo; 2.4 Stepping into Meaning with Iskandar J in His Studio; 2.5 Stepping into Ideational Meaning; 2.6 Stepping into Interpersonal Meaning; 2.7 Stepping into Textual Meaning; 2.8 Beyond the Clause; 2.9 Poetry in the Making; 2.10 Beyond Technique; References; 3 Gods Can Die; 3.1 Tense, Polarity, and Clause Type; 3.2 Process, Participant, and Circumstance; References; 4 David; References; 5 Conjunction; 5.1 Multilayered Metaphors; 5.2 Simple Present, Simple Past; 5.3 To Other Eyes Made Visible; References; 6 A Poet Reading; 6.1 A Poet Reading. 6.2 She is ... 6.3 Grammar in a Sacred Word; References; 7 Language as Power (for L & B); 7.1 A Hymn; 7.2 Ancestral Voices Heard from Afar; 7.3 Om: The Sacred Syllable; 7.4 Dante's Paradiso; 7.5 The Numeral 3; 7.6 Two Movements; 7.7 Twin Themes of History and Friendship; References; 8 Uncle NeverPreface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Thinking About Language; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Dealing with Indeterminacy in Language; 1.3 Thinking Grammatically: Grammatics; 1.4 Thinking About the Text: Arriving at a Theory of the Text; 1.5 Systemic Functional Theory; 1.6 Theory of Lexicogrammar; 1.7 Theory of Lexis; 1.8 System in Language; 1.9 Ideational Meaning; 1.10 Logical Meaning; 1.11 Interpersonal Meaning; 1.12 Textual Meaning; 1.13 Language as a Stratified, Multifunctional System; 1.14 Conclusion; References; 2 Stepping into Meaning with Iskandar J in His Studio; 2.1 Introducing Edwin Thumboo. 2.2 Creativity in Language2.3 Reading Edwin Thumboo; 2.4 Stepping into Meaning with Iskandar J in His Studio; 2.5 Stepping into Ideational Meaning; 2.6 Stepping into Interpersonal Meaning; 2.7 Stepping into Textual Meaning; 2.8 Beyond the Clause; 2.9 Poetry in the Making; 2.10 Beyond Technique; References; 3 Gods Can Die; 3.1 Tense, Polarity, and Clause Type; 3.2 Process, Participant, and Circumstance; References; 4 David; References; 5 Conjunction; 5.1 Multilayered Metaphors; 5.2 Simple Present, Simple Past; 5.3 To Other Eyes Made Visible; References; 6 A Poet Reading; 6.1 A Poet Reading. 6.2 She is ... 6.3 Grammar in a Sacred Word; References; 7 Language as Power (for L & B); 7.1 A Hymn; 7.2 Ancestral Voices Heard from Afar; 7.3 Om: The Sacred Syllable; 7.4 Dante's Paradiso; 7.5 The Numeral 3; 7.6 Two Movements; 7.7 Twin Themes of History and Friendship; References; 8 Uncle Never Knew; 8.1 Uncle's Companions; 8.2 Post-(Back-in-Swatow), Uncle; 8.3 Yin-Yang: Intertwined Duality; 8.4 Evolution of Peace; 8.5 'Uncle Never Knew': A Note on the Background; References; Appendix Edwin Thumboo; Index. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Berlin : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Copyright Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (x, 130 pages), illustrations (some color)
- Subjects:
- 410.1/8
Functionalism (Linguistics)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative
Functionalism (Linguistics)
Languages & Literatures
Philology & Linguistics
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783642550195
3642550193
3642550185
9783642550188 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783642550188
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 29, 2014). - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.397203
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