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

ISBN-13: 9789811373909 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 195 str.

Qingshun He

Spis treści

 

Chapter 1   Introduction

1.1 Research Background

1.2 Purpose of the Study

1.3 Organization of the Book

Chapter 2   A Systemic Functional Approach to Clause Combining in English

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Overview of Clause Combining

2.2.1 Parataxis

2.2.2 Hypotaxis

2.2.3 Embedding

2.3 Cline

2.4 Cline in Clause Combining

2.5 A Sketch of Grammatical Metaphor

2.5.1 Ideational Metaphor and Interpersonal Metaphor

2.5.2 Textual Metaphor

2.6 Summary

Chapter 3   Research Design

3.1 Research Questions

3.2 Research Methods

3.3 Data Collection

3.4 Data Processing

Chapter 4   Genre Distributions of Clause Combining

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Crown Corpus-Based Research on Clause Combining

4.2.1 Overall Frequency Distribution

4.2.2 Genre Distribution of Overall Frequency

4.2.3 Genre Distribution of Logico-semantic Relations

4.2.4 Genre Distribution of Embedding

4.2.5 Existing Questions

4.3 Research Based on the BNC and the COCA

4.3.1 Genre Distribution of Expansion

4.3.2 Genre Distribution of Projection

4.3.3 Genre Distribution of Embedding

4.4 Summary

Chapter 5  Diachronic Distribution of Clause Combining

5.1 Diachronic Distribution of Overall Frequency

5.2 Diachronic Distribution of Expansion

5.3 Diachronic Distribution of Projection

5.4 Diachronic Distribution of Embedding

5.5 Diachronic Distribution of Non-finite Clauses

5.5.1 Diachronic Distribution of Non-finite Clauses of Expansion

5.5.2 Diachronic Distribution of Non-finite Embedded Clauses

5.5.3 Diachronic Distribution of Personal Pronoun Subjects of Absolute Clauses

5.6 Summary

Chapter 6   Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining

6.1 Introduction

6.2 The Creation of Grammatical Metaphor

6.3 Types of Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining

6.3.1 Ideational Metaphor

6.3.2 Textual Metaphor

6.4 Diachronic Distribution of Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining

6.4.1 Diachronic Distribution of Experiential Metaphor

6.4.2 Diachronic Distribution of Logical Metaphor

6.4.3 Diachronic Distribution of Cohesive Metaphor

6.5 Genre Distribution of Grammatical Metaphor in Clause Combining

6.5.1 Genre Distribution of Experiential Metaphor

6.5.2 Genre Distribution of Logical Metaphor

6.5.3 Genre Distribution of Cohesive Metaphor

6.6 Summary

Chapter 7 Conclusion

7.1 Research Findings

7.2 Limitations and Suggestions

7.2.1 Limitations

7.2.2 Further Research

References

Appendix 1: CLAWS 7 Tagset

Appendix 2: POS List

Appendix 3: Query Syntax

Appendix 4: Systems for Statistics

Appendix 5: Tables of Corpus Data Statistics

O autorze

Qingshun He received his Ph.D. degree in linguistics from Southwest University in 2013, and completed his postdoctoral research at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in 2015. He is an associate professor and Ph.D. student adviser at School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-Sen University. His main research interest is systemic functional linguistics.

Blurb

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 fills a gap in the systemic functional literature. It also offers insights into testing grammatical metaphors using a corpus linguistics methodology. The book is a useful resource for anyone interested in writing development.