A Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese

by Eden Sum-hung Li

Overview

This book presents an analysis of Chinese grammar from a systemic functional perspective. Its main focus is the clausal grammar of Chinese, and Dr Li provides a thorough analysis of Chinese clauses according to their constituent parts. However, uniquely, the second half of the book extends this examination into an analysis of Chinese discourse and text analysis. Professor Halliday's foreword praises Eden Li's thorough analysis, and shows its relevance to the field of systemic functional linguistics in general. Systemic Functional Grammar of Chinese provides the reader with a general theoretical framework of grammar and discourse analysis from a systemic functional perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826491046
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/20/2007
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Eden Sum-hung Li is Research Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong.

Fang Yan is Professor of Linguistics at Tsinghua University, Beijing, Vice-Chair of the International Systemic-Functional Linguistics Association and the Vice-Chair of the China Functional Linguistics Association.

Table of Contents

1. Historical and theoretical background 2. Building block: below the clause 3. Construing experience: clause as representation 4. Construing connectivity: grammatical logic 5. Enacting relationships: clause as exchange 6. Enabling discourse: clause as message 7. Above the clause: connexity of texts References Appendix