Studies in Functional Discourse Grammar (Mackenzie/Gómez-González)

[Mª Ángeles Gómez González]

Studies in Functional Discourse Grammar (Mackenzie/Gómez-González)


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STUDIES IN FUNCTIONAL DISCOURSE GRAMMAR
Edited by
J. Lachlan Mackenzie and María de los Ángeles Gómez-González

2005. 259 pp., 7 tables, 8 figures. Pb
EUR 50.30 / £ 32.90 / US-$ 55.95
ISBN 3-03910-696-1 / US-ISBN 0-8204-7558-0  pb. ?
(Linguistic Insights 26). Berne, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt a.M., New York,
Oxford and Vienna: Peter Lang.

Language of publication: English
Date of publication: /2005

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This book contains eight studies on Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG), with
work by FDG's foremost proponents, who provide both an introduction to the
theory and a glimpse of current research projects. FDG derives its name from
taking the discourse act as the basic unit of linguistic analysis. Each such
unit receives four parallel analyses displaying its interpersonal,
representational, morphosyntactic and phonological characteristics
respectively.
What is striking about the emergence of FDG is that it enters into lively
debate with various other contemporary frameworks that share its
functionalist orientation. This facet of FDG is highlighted in this book,
every chapter of which brings out the interconnectedness of current
theoretical trends.

FROM THE CONTENTS:

Contents: Kees Hengeveld/J. Lachlan Mackenzie: Interpersonal Functions,
Representational Categories, and Syntactic Templates in Functional Discourse
Grammar - Francis Cornish: Null Complements, Event Structure, Predication
and Anaphora: A Functional Discourse Grammar Account - Carlos Inchaurralde:
Some Considerations on the Role of Cognition for Text Structuring, Lexical
Structure and the Handling of Communicative Parameters in a Functional
Discourse Grammar Framework - Suzanne Dikker/Eva van Lier: The Interplay
between Syntactic and Conceptual Information: Agreement Domains in FDG -
Christopher S. Butler/Francisco Gonzálvez-García: Situating FDG in
Functional-Cognitive Space: An Initial Study - Mike Hannay/Evelien Keizer: A
Discourse Treatment of English Non-Restrictive Nominal Appositions in
Functional Discourse Grammar - Arsenio Jesús Moya Guijarro: The Assignment
of Topical Status in FDG: A Textual Analysis - María de los Ángeles
Gómez-González/Maite Taboada: Coherence Relations in Functional Discourse
Grammar.

EDITORS:

J. Lachlan Mackenzie works as Consultant in Languages and Linguistics,
Lisbon, Portugal.
María de los Ángeles Gómez-González is Senior Lecturer in English
Linguistics at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She is leader of
the SCIMITAR Research Group and publishes extensively in functional
linguistics. She is co-editor of The Dynamics of Language Use (2005) and
author of The Theme - Topic Interface (2001).

OF INTEREST TO:
Students and Scholars of Functional Grammar, Cognitive Linguistics,
Typology, Discourse Analysis and Linguistics in General; Academic
Libraries and Institutes

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