The lexicogrammar of adjectives : a systemic functional approach to lexis /

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Author / Creator:Tucker, Gordon H. (Gordon Howard), 1945-
Imprint:London ; New York : Cassell, 1998.
Description:viii, 244 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Functional descriptions of language
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3901828
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ISBN:0304339032 (hardcover)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-239) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Approaches to lexis in systemic linguistics
  • 3. The Cardiff Grammar
  • 4. Adjectives in English
  • 5. The syntax of adjectives: the quality group
  • 6. System networks and lexically oriented meaning
  • 7. The system network for Quality
  • 8. Realization rules for the Quality network
  • 9. Aspects of the lexicogrammar of Quality
  • 10. The syntactic environment of the quality group: nominal group modification
  • 11. Conclusions.