A Corpus-Based Approach to Clause Combining in English from the Systemic Functional Perspective

• Main Author: He, Qingshun (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series,
• Subjects: Syntax.; Corpora (Linguistics).; English language.; Corpus Linguistics.; English.

This book presents corpus-based research on functional syntax. It is the first book to present a comprehensive investigation into grammatical metaphor in English clause combining in large-size corpora. By providing a systematic illustration of features such as parataxis, hypotaxis and embedding, it...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 A Systemic Functional Approach to Clause Combining in English
• Chapter 3 Research Design
• Chapter 4 Genre Distributions of Clause Combining
• Chapter 5 Diachronic Distribution of Clause Combining
• Chapter 6 Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining
• Chapter 7 Conclusion.